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This is a Raypack 106 (just over 4 years old). Rollout switch opened a few times in the past year (think I see why). Then, yesterday the flow switch failed. When I opened the back of the heater to confirm I saw the entire back was rusted out. I decided to remove the heat exchanger to clean...

We are in the process of replacing a broken Pentair GloBrite, which required us to open a small section of the concrete pool deck and remove and replace the light niche. Our skimmer is right next to and slightly above the light, so we can see a small portion of the skimmer behind the pool since...

Will an LED pool light show continuity if it failed? Specifically the Pentair GloBrite (which I know if prone to water infiltration)? Verified the transformer is working correctly, but light just stopped working one evening. It was on one second and off the next!

We run our small outdoor pool year round in Cleveland. Last year, when heavy snow was in the forecast, I would cover the pump with a tarp. Is that necessary? The water stays heated to around 75-80 all winter long, but I'm concerned about snow getting in the back of the motor housing. I was...

CYA is around 95. Salt pool. Our FC has always been fine, but after heavy rains we struggled to keep it high enough. Water was clear, but even with the SWG cranked up way higher than usual I figured it might be time to shock. Combined chlorine was around 0.5 when I tested it. The TFP calculator...

We have a Rheem pool heater and a small in ground pool. Normally, if the pump is running too slow (but not slow enough to shut off the heater) it will start making a whistling sound. I've always assumed this was kettling and if I run the pump at a higher RPM it goes away. So, I run the pump at...

Today I noticed some white residue around the top edge of our pool heater, which looks almost like efflorescence. Any ideas what this might be? Pool water temp is consistently in the mid 70 or higher. Heater is new (about 5 months old). The water is balanced as well.

Our pool built 2 months ago and have a question. I've noticed that when the pump is running and we bleed all of the air out of the cartridge filter, there will be no more air to bleed as long as the pump continues to run. When the pump stops at night and starts again in the morning, there are a...

We’re (finally) at the end of our pool construction. It’s been slow going, but overall I’m pretty happy with the construction. Equipment pad is a little funky in terms of where the outlets were placed, but whatever... They finished pouring the deck and cantilever coping. They used the...

I know it’s probably a bit early to be thinking about this, but... We’re in the process of installing a 7000 gallon fiberglass in ground pool in northern Ohio. My hope was to keep it heated throughout the winter. We’ll have a 105,000 btu Raypack gas heater and Pentair SuperFlo VS 1.5hp pump...

We’re going on a 9 day vacation and have a 14’ x 14’ intex pool. I was thinking about shocking it to 30 ppm (our CYA is 65). We have a 1hp pump, cartridge filter and slimmer (tossed the pump that came with the pool). We have the pump on a timer and it runs for 3 hours a day (1 hour intervals...

New to the forum and looking for some opinions. We're thinking of purchasing a hard sided above ground pool this year to replace a soft sided pool. We live in an urban neighborhood so the lots are small. When we had the soft sided pool we would put it up in our driveway for the summer and take...