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  1. LukeG

    How do you hook up a Shop Vac to a pump?

    Want to winterize my pool but the only way I’ve seen it done is watching professionals blow air into the pump which goes out to the jets, main, and skimmer. Want to do it myself and I’ve heard a Shop Vac is the way to go, but how do I hook a Shop Vac hose up to the pump?
  2. LukeG

    Air compressor loses pressure

    I get the pressure in my compressor up, then I connect it to the pump using a 1/4inch quick-connect coupling (just as I did last year). As soon as I do this, the pressure in the compressor starts falling to zero and I see no air coming out anywhere in the pool. Need some ideas.
  3. LukeG

    One jet spitting air

    We re-opened our pool a week ago. We have three jets. Two of them seem to be working just fine. But one of them is spitting air—it’s mostly shooting water, but on a fairly regularly basis, maybe once a second, an air bubble shoots out. Is it something wrong with the line?
  4. LukeG

    Bromine tests in hot tub are…orange?

    I’ve not added bromine to my hot tub in several weeks. The brominator is empty. But for several weeks now, my bromine tests come back looking like this: a deep yellow or even orange. I left the hot tub open for a day and the levels did not come down. I added about 20 buckets of pure water, and...