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Hey Everyone. So my intelliflo which i disassembled and reassembled the impeller and front assembly on (due to an issue with not starting initially), now that is reinstalled onto the pool is performing in a way that i can only describe as 'poorly.' Numbers wise it seems fine. i dont have a GPM...

Over the winter i had some branch fall and damage some of my plumbing. I have a 3 way valve for my solar. The pipe that leads to the solar from this valve was cracked along with the elbow and the valve itself. I ordered a replacement valve and was lining things up and making a list of parts to...

Hi all, looking to get some input on a solar heater installation. after doing some research, i gathered that roughly 75% coverage was ideal for the north east (i'm in new york, on long island). my pool has been between 76-79 degrees this summer. it has been a very cold summer, so many cold days...

My local power company offers a $350 rebate but the pump must be 'professionally installed.' Most places around me seem to insist on you buying the pump from them (for way more than it costs on the internet) in order to offer you a nicely inflated 'installed' price of around 1600 dollars. I...

Like the title says, i am looking to get recommendations on a good company/contractor to install solar collectors on my roof. i am looking to go with the setup from H2Otsun between 600 and 800sq feet. I'm a big DIYer but i dont like going on roofs. Does anyone have a recommendation for my area...

Hi all. I am planning to do solar for next season, using the h2otsun roof strips. My 2hp Hayward Superpump is on its way out, so i wanted to replace it with a VS pump (or 2 speed if someone can recommend one that makes sense). I'm in new york so the pool only gets used 4-5 months a year at most...

So i've been having issues with my SWG. Starting off with last year (my first year in this home) everything worked fine. ran swg at around 60% and would maintain 5-7 ppm FC. this year after completing the opening SLAM and passing OCLT i found myself needing to increase the output to 80-90% on...

Hi all, having a strange issue. i'm seemingly unable to get my chlorine above 5ppm. It is consistently staying between 4 and 5ppm which is on the low side for 80-90CYA. I'm running the pump 8 hours per day at 87% duty cycle (which seems high to me just to be maintaining FC of 5. the cell is...

Hi all, been enjoying my pool, unfortunately so are a few backswimmers. How do i get rid of them? i water is, what i believe to be perfectly balanced right now. a few weeks ago i started noticing backswimmers in my pool. they are definitely backswimmers, not boatmen. i've read that borates can...

So, as mentioned in another thread, i moved into my home in november. pool was closed obviously. Fast forward to now. I opened my pool a few weeks ago and noticed my heater (hayward hp21104t) was innefective and the water coming out of the jets was no warmer than the rest of the water. i decided...

I saw how somewhere on the forum but I cannot seem to find the post anymore. How can I test cya level using less reagent? I saw someone mention something about an hth tube from Walmart or something. The cya test seems to be a big hog for reagent. Looking for a way to test for it the using less...

just ordered a clear 12mil 20x40 cover for my pool and i was shopping for reels. before ordering a 'cheap' real i figured i'd search on craigslist locally and found someone selling a rocky's 3a with a (brand new )ray maxx gold/blue cover for 550. I turned down the cover since i wanted to go...

I am used to swimming in friends' pools who have traditional gas/propane/electric element heaters where the water simply passes through a hot element of some sort and returns to the pool warmer than it left it. when you feel the jets/returns in these pools the water feels significantly warmer...

As mentioned in another thread, i recently purchased a house and i'm in the process of opening the pool. I'm in the midst of the SLAM process. reinstalled all of the components and everything has been up and running perfectly. That being said, i still have some confusion as to the setup of my...

Hi everyone. I have been browsing this site for months and have found a lot of great tips which have helped me so far. I purchased a home on Long Island (NY) and closed Nov 20, 2015. the previous owner closed the pool and everything seems to have been done properly, so now i'm taking over. So...

I stopped by the home i am in contract to purchase next month this past weekend so the seller could show me how he shuts down various things for winter (pool,AC system, outdoor spigot, how to use the generator) When mentioning that he closed the pool and purged/vacuumed all the lines he said...

I am in contract to purchase a home will be closing next month. The house has a 4 year in ground salt water pool (concrete pour with vinyl liner). 20'x40'. 8' at the deep end. i am a DIYer (cars, electronics, building) so i look forward to learning enough to take care of this myself. Here are...