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Ended up opening everything to re-check the seals and all looks good... Can the rotor valve seal be the culprit?

From the look of it... all the DE is coming out of the return basically. My entire pool is completely cloudy and has been for a few days and it still hasn't all settled. At this point it’s a nice tinge of cloudy green since my pump had been off for a few weeks. When I first added the DE, I...

Hi All, I have a Pentair 2048 SMBW filter on my pool. A couple weeks ago I opened my pool filter up to clean it and found the grids had holes in it. I went ahead and changed the manifold, O-ring for the manifold seal, and all the grids. However, after trying to fill my pool filter with DE again...

The pool is older. At least 25 years. The cleaner I have I bought recently when I moved to this house only a few months ago and I'm leaving sooner than later so I don't want to invest much in the pool, just enough for me to enjoy one or two seasons before I move. I may just make a make-shift...

Proavia, I tried what you said and this is what I figured out. See picture. If Valve 1 is switched back and forth, the flow changes from pool to SPA as labeled. If Valve 2 is set to SPA, it slowly starts to drain it (while the skimmer is off) and if set to the skimmer, the skimmer works & SPA...

It's a bit too dark out to try your suggestions Jimrahbe but I'll give it a shot tomorrow and report back. Very helpful! Thank you. Jimbolo... I assumed the complete opposite because usually with other valves if it is perpendicular to the pipe it is closed, like gas or water pipes. Good to...

Hi All. I'm new to pool ownership and have a few questions about the plumbing... hoping one of you can help. I am basically trying to figure out what each of these valves below controls and how I can reduce the suction at the main drain so that my automatic pool cleaner doesn't get stuck on it...