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I have a Speck ES90 II pump with a single speed US Motors EZ48 KSSJXRME-2238 motor. I think the seal has failed, as the motor is quite rusted. I'm hoping to replace the bearings and the seals and give it a bit more life. One of the thru-bolts snapped off when I disassembled it, but I was able to...

Hi, I'm planning to replace my existing single speed (1.0 THP Speck) with a 1.5 HP Intelliflo 3 VSF pump (I already bought the pump, I understand that a 3 HP might have been better). I need to get a pool installer out to take a look at installing it (I had Leslie's come out but that was a...

Jim, I unfortunately had already ordered the new 1.5 HP pump. I figured I can run it at lower speed for more hours. Right now I run my 1.0 THP pump 8 hours a day at full speed (single speed pump). It is moving about 32 gpm. If I run the newer pump for 24 hrs, I assume I can run it at around...

Jim, That is a great suggestion. I wasn't aware of that pump. It comes with integrated WiFi and the relay card, so I don't need any extra automation devices. I've ordered one from Leslie's. They didn't have the 011066 model that comes with the relay board, so I ordered the basic pump 011065...

Right now my mechanical timer is inside the house, with just a single circuit running out to the pool that goes both to the pump and the SWCG. If I kept that setup, it would cut power to the Whisperflo as well. If there was some kind of relay output at the Whisperflo above a certain RPM (enough...

I currently have a Speck ES90-II pump with a US Motors EZ48 motor with a THP:1.0. I have 1.5" PVC piping and the pressure gauge on my sand filter is showing around 15-17 psi at the moment. I have a ~15,000 gallon pool with one return by the stairs, one skimmer and one port about 16" down near...

I bought a solid cover (tarp style) as well as a leaf net. I wanted to try the leaf net this year to see if it keeps the solid tarp cover cleaner. I was thinking that I could remove the leaf net occasionally to remove all the leaves. Both the tarp cover and leaf net have loops for water bags...

Hi, I have a Maytronics Dolphin Nautilus which is a few years old. It looks like the one in the picture below. I've noticed that when I lift the Dolphin out of the pool, that a bunch of sand and dirt is draining from it as i'm lifting it out. There is still plenty of sand/dirt caught by the...

I've noticed that my skimmer and the pavers around it are slowly sinking. The pavers used to be right underneath the coping, but now there is about a 1" gap. The top of the skimmer is now also tilted, it is lower near the pool. I'm fairly sure that I don't have a leak in my skimmer or the...

I want to pressure test my underground pool plumbing. I think my underground pipe is black poly pipe (see picture) . It doesn't look like flexible PVC. I assume the grey coupler has barbs going into the poly pipe, and since this is a 30+ year old pool, I probably shouldn't try to take the barbed...

My pool had an ugly patch on top of a patch done by the previous homeowner. It didn't appear to leak last summer, but after opening the pool last weekend, I was losing 3/4" overnight. It appears that patches failed over the winter. It is a really tricky location to patch, because the tear is in...

I inherited a vinyl IG pool which has a patch on top of a patch. The top patch doesn't even have rounded corners. I've ordered a dye syringe to check, but given my water loss (I did a bucket test and saw about 3/8" more loss in the pool than in the bucket over 36 hours), I'm pretty sure the...