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I haven't touched the flame sensor but will definitely try that today. Thank you.

The hum absolutely was the blower. I got a replacement under warranty from Hayward and the one they sent me was worse than the one I had. The squirrel cage rubbed up against the housing and got stuck several times. The shaft was cockeyed. But that's another story. I do NOT have an error...

Question: If the heat exchanger had a blockage or some issue where it would cause the heater to overheat and shut down....roughly how long would this take?? I ask because I can get the heater to function properly for roughly 14 minutes ( 60 degrees here in Texas). Then it shuts down...

Great, thanks! I finally had some time to check the orifices and everything seems to be clean. Here's an update: Today I started the heater and it worked fine for about 8 minutes. After about 1 minute from starting, I heard the hum again which you can hear in the link to the video I...

Thanks I'll get the gas pressure tested. The heater is NG.

I recently replaced the combustion blower on my Hayward H250. The heater turns on fine, ignites with no problem, but then the heater shuts down after about 5 minutes. During the time its on, and after it warms up a bit, the heater makes a faint humming noise. Then it shuts down with no error...

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The heater is connected to 220 volts and the motor I just replaced it with is the 240 volt version. I just swapped out the motors.

I just replaced the combustion blower motor in my Hayward H250 IDL. The old when made some funny noises then just quit altogether. When it quit, I did NOT have the AO error. LED display was normal and the heater just hummed on start up but no blower. Now after replacing the blower with...

Thanks I did replace the wall fitting and it works great. I have an older 280 and compared the parts. The black rubber washer around the inside part of the quick disconnect is definitely thinner than on the original. It also makes a tighter fit with the new wall fitting. So I guess its best...

I had to replace my Polaris 280 quick disconnect and the pressure relief valve. I needed two hands to turn and disconnect the old one. The new one just pops right on very easily. The problem is its too loose and when I turn on the pump it disconnects itself from the wall fitting. Am I...

UPDATE: First let me say that I know virtually nothing about electrical other than to turn off the breaker before touching wires. With that said - I had a friend stop over earlier today to take a look at the connections and wiring. He knows a lot more than I do. :) Anyway, he tested all of...

I can turn the shaft. Just wondering how this thing suddenly died with no previous indication.

I finally got the back cover off the motor and it's definitely getting power. The motor is completely dead, no noise, humming or anything. When my pool pump went last year it made squealing noises before it died. This booster pump just stopped, no warning. Any suggestions?

I was wrong. The pump was installed in 2004 and may have been rebuilt once. Definitely have power at all the contact points within the timer, but can't get the back cover off of the pump. The bottom screw is all rusted, stripped and flaking. I tried just about everything, can't get it off...

I came home yesterday and noticed my Polaris booster pump was not working. It must have come on for a short while because the pool floor was partially cleaned (we had a major rain and lighting storm here in Austin the night before and there were leaves and debris everywhere). I have an...

I purchased one a couple of months ago to treat a few stains on the floor and stairs of my pool and it works pretty well. The only issues I have with it - and they're minor - are that it needs to be re-filled after about 5 minutes, not 20 as the description says. Second, its relatively small...

Thanks for the responses. I did a partial drain last year (about 45%) and was able to bring down the CH to 500 (it was originally at about 750-800). There's definitely scaling in other parts of the pool, but the stairs are the only places where the stains are brownish. Looks like I have to...

This is my second year with the pool but now I have stains on the stairs which I didn't have previously (see dark areas of stairs). The stains are brownish and they do not respond to ascorbic acid. They don't come off with a stainless steel brush either, but a pumice stone works (if you look...

My woes with the Polaris continue. It was moving slow and not backing up again. I carefully inspected the hose and found a gusher leak at one of the swivel ball bearings. It was between the swivel and the feeder hose. A fully tightened nut does not stop the flow of water. I didn't discover...

Does anyone know if there is supposed to be a continuous leak at the pressure relief valve? When I put my hand near the quick disconnect I can feel water (or is it air?) shooting out the sides of the valve. Is this normal? I never noticed it before. The cleaner still appears to be working...

Thanks. The backup valve was not cycling yesterday. The day before it was stuck in backup mode with water shooting out the valve constantly. I took the valve apart again today, reinstalled it and now the cleaner is working fine again. Everything else is in good shape too. This leads me to...

Yesterday my cleaner was not moving at all and had water shooting out the backup valve. I took the valve apart, cleaned the internal mechanism, hooked it all back up and it seemed to work fine after that. Today the cleaner is moving (no water shooting out the valve) but it does not backup at...

Thank you for the response. The exact replacement motor they're suggesting for my Hayward 2hp is an A.O. Smith Eplus 1.5hp. The service factor of the new motor is 1.3. I don't know what the SF is of my Hayward. If there was a label on the motor its since flaked off. It was installed in...

My Hayward Super Pump II 2hp motor just died. It was 8 years old and squealing like a hog in the end. My local pool store is telling me that I can get by and save on energy costs by switching to a Hayward 1.5hp motor. They said the output is roughly the same. I have a spa attached to the...

I opened up the light fixture and it was definitely 1/4 of the way filled. Not a lot of water, but the socket was definitely wet. I'm thinking that I might have had a slow leak for awhile and was not able to notice it with the blue plastic cover. I don't swim a lot at night so it could have...

Thanks! I'm going to try a regular light bulb today.

I went away for a week and came home to find the quick change plastic lens cover sitting at the bottom of the pool. It was cracked down the middle (it was rather old and my guess is the pool cleaner had something to do with finishing it off). Anyway, I went to turn on the underwater light and...

Thanks! The union on the horizontal pipe was the answer. That was easy! Unfortunately, it took me 3 tries with tape (already had some ) before I managed to do it right and contain the leak. Then, just when I thought it was fixed, a few hours later it started leaking again (albeit a very...

I developed a small water leak at the threaded pipe on my strainer housing (area around the Teflon tape is starting to turn brown): Here's a wider angle view: I'm sure this is a relatively easy fix, but I've never done it before (pretty good DIY'er though). What's the easiest way to...