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I have been using a 2 speed AO Smith motor on a Hayward Superpump body for about two years now, and the other day it stopped running. It will spin up on the high speed terminal, then slowly reduce in speed, then click off (thermal cutoff?). Connecting power to the low speed terminal, the pump...

I've been managing my pool for a few years now, and have always been struggling with mustard algae. I can scrub and shock to 50+ppm, and it will all go away, until it rains or I have to refill the pool with tap water. I live in a tropical climate, and the fill water is well sourced. I know for a...

Recently I replaced my 3/4 HP single speed motor with an AO Smith two speed 3/4HP motor on my Hayward Superpump. I noticed that the new motor was running hotter than I expected, after looking at the wet end closer, it is a 1HP wet end, with presumably, a 1HP impeller. The service factor on the...

My fill water has has a very high Ph and TA (8+/250+) so combined with a SWG, I am constantly adding acid to keep things in balance. I see there are a number of cheap Ph meters/controllers on eBay, marketed for the aquarium market. Would these reliably report Ph from pool water, with all the...

Any time I scrub my pool with a stainless brush, it kicks up clouds in to the water. When I am finished, the entire pool is cloudy. After a few hours the water is crystal clear again. Is this calcium scaling getting scraped off of the walls? Am I damaging the plaster? My CH is somewhere between...

This morning I put in my CircuPool RJ45 and fired it up. It is reporting low salt since the first salinity test. The readout showed <2500ppm at first, which according to the manual is normal, but after a few cycles through the salinity test it is reporting salt as 2600ppm. The water was tested...

I am replumbing my equipment pad, and had planned on placing a check valve before the pump. On occasion when pumping my DE filter, DE will flush back in to the pump basket. The only check valves I was able to find were spring loaded, solid body. Should I use these, or just skip the check valve...

I am adding a SWG to my pool, and am concerned that the poured in place concrete coping should be sealed or painted to protect against the corrosive action of the salt. Any thoughts?

I just ordered a CompuPool CPSC36, and need to get a salt test kit. Is the Taylor K-1766 a good choice?

I have recently begun maintaining my pool after repeat lackluster performances by our pool guy. There was black algae everywhere that I have scrubbed with a stainless steel brush, pretty much eliminating it. Every now and they it will start to grow in some of the pitted grout around the tiles...

My 20,000 gallon plaster pool was recently refinished by our pool guy, and he filled in the main drain because he said it was leaking and couldn't be fixed. I have since taken over the pool and maintain it myself, and am trying to figure out the main drain issue. There are two 1.5" pipes teed in...

I have a few of those collapsible blue and white poles for my brushes and vac etc. They are absolutely horrible. I bent one of them, and both seem to "lock up", the cams won't loosen when it is time to go back in the closet. Does anyone have a suggestion for one that works?

I have a Hayward 3/4HP Superpump that is starting to get noisy. Since we pay about $0.30/kwh, the two speed pumps looks attractive. Can I upgrade this pump by just replacing the motor and the timer, or should the whole thing be swapped out? The pump is used for a 20k gal chlorine pool with one...