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Our pool pump is gradually loosing prime over time. The equipment: Pool is a 14x28’ in-ground pool with two suction lines feeding the pump, one from the skimmer, one from the bottom drain. The suction lines each have their own valve and come together about 24” before the pump. All plumbing is 1...

Have a Polarus cleaner with a pentair LA01N booster pump, date on pump is 12/11/2015, pump is wired for 120V. Lately the pump has either been slow starting, or won’t start, just hums. With power off, I can reach between the motor & pump and turn the shaft, it seems “sticky”. Yesterday it...

Have a Pentair LA01N booster pump, installed around 2016. Was running fine when we put the pool to bed last September, just opened pool, pool cleaner won’t run. Have moderate flow through the cleaner due to the circulation pump, but no boost. Can hear booster pump running, but quiet, opened...

Installed a Pentair Intelliflow VS pump on our pool in Sept 2017, seemed to work great. Winterized the pool, ended up not opening the pool in 2018 due to health issues. Pool is open now, two issues: - Clock on pump controller will not remember time when we have a power outage, and we have power...

For the last couple weeks our pump motor would hum, then start slowly. This AM it would not start at all, just hummed, then started smoking. The motor is an A. O. Smith 3/4 Hp, 1.27 service factor unit operating off of 230V. Unit is probably 12 years old, was here when we bought the place. Pool...

Continuing the effort to bring a neglected frog filled swamp back to life. New liner install finally completed this week and the pool is full of water - what a difference! Did a deep clean on the sand filter today, flushed out a lot of small needles from a hemlock that is near the pool. Put...

Reactivating a pool which has laid dormant for 5-6 years. It's an in-ground pool with a vinyl liner, 14 X 28 feet, about 12,000 gallons. It has what I believe is a sand filter, it's a fiberglass vessel 24" in diameter, about 26" tall. Volume comes out at about 5 cubic feet / 36 gallons. I was...

Hi! Just found this forum and it looks like a perfect fit for us. My wife and I retired from a hectic life in California and last year moved to a farm in a very rural part of Tennessee. In our side yard is an 14 X 28 foot in ground pool, which would be great on a hot summer day. Unfortunately...