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    pump isnt flowing water after few hours

    and this is the awesome side of forums. thank you:) never even considered that or thought about it. ironically i decided to leave the pump off last night, so when i get home, homefully the algawe has settled and ill vacuum it
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    pump isnt flowing water after few hours

    finished up SLAM, water is a grayish/white cloudy right now. i seem to get about an hour or so of decent filtering before flowrates drop noticeably. whats weird to me is that if i wait till its barely flowing, i can unplug the pump for a few minutes, then plug it back in and BAM its filtering...
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    pump isnt flowing water after few hours

    hello all. still attemptting to clean up /open our pool. when i have it set to recirc, the pump blasts great, amazing flow and really moves the water. when i shut it down, switch to filter. i can immediately tell that the flowrate is lower (to be expec tedwhen filtering) but after about an hour...
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    noob question about PoolMath and starting slam

    lmao right?!? i used to have a 125g saltwater fish tank. in that hobby i learned quickly that you dont add chems unless you are testing for them first. the same applies to a swimming pool. the fac tthat he said he doesnt mess with test kits, i quit listening to him right then and there. still...
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    noob question about PoolMath and starting slam

    decided to atleast check the local pool stores to see if they had the suggested test kits from this site... (theres 3 stores within 15 minutes of us). none of them did. i had one of the worst advice/conversations with a dude at PC. i explained my scenario, he said "oh i dont ever test while...
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    noob question about PoolMath and starting slam

    i apologize Jblizzle....i missed that tutorial
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    noob question about PoolMath and starting slam

    for some reason, i cant get the photo to upload. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10209304739801694&set=a.2175644116830.126557.1418647088&type=3&theater that link is the best i can do for a photo right now
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    After 2 years of problems, a new filter was the solution. Hallelujah!

    its awesome that you were able to liminate possible culprits until you finally figured it out.
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    noob question about PoolMath and starting slam

    awesome thank you! - - - Updated - - - just sucks too because i was really hoping to get this slam started today, ill be out of town all weekend and my test kit wont be here till thursday
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    noob question about PoolMath and starting slam

    hi all! spent the past coupple hours reading through all the various articles on here about slamming and water chemisty. i seem to have a solid understanding now enough that i feel comfortable beginning my slam. We just closed on our house and i pulled the cover off the pool 2 days ago, only to...
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    Motor noisy and running hot

    Re: another Added shock chlorine but sill, FC = 0 ? if shes had the pump and motor replaced several times over the past year, then theres an underlying cause that nobody has addressed yet. time to start singling out possible causes and eliminating them until you find whats causing this.