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Yes, it must be one of Murphy's Laws to have things break while you're away.:hammer: He said the $400 included everything. I'll ask about the warranty for the pump. He used to work on the pool a number of years ago but I've been trying to take care of things myself to save some bucks. I trust...

ha ha. I like the idea of the neighborhood swimming in my pool to keep the water circulating.:D Yes, I checked and the $400 includes the labor. I think I'll have to bite the bullet and have him do it. Thanks for your suggestions.

I'm out of town and my neighbor is kindly taking care of my pool. He said he noticed the pump wasn't on and went to investigate. He said the pump was not pumping, was hot and smokey. He turned the power off. Some days later he tried it but it wouldn't turn on...I think he said there was a brief...

Well, I checked the capacitor (discharged it first) with an analog meter. Like in the video, I saw the needle go over to the right and slowly back. So it looks like it's a good capacitor. I was going to buy one from Amazon but I guess there's no need now. The shaft runs smoothly w/o the motor...

Will do. Thanks for the quick reply!

My 2008 Century Centurian 3/4 hp B668 booster pump for my Polaris 280 is not running and makes a humming noise. When I look at the shaft underneath, it seems to be moving smoothly. I'm guessing I might need a new capacitor (hope that's all!). I went to my local pool store and they will sell me a...

We knew there was at least one leak coming from the drain return pipe but when we got it dug up we could see that there was a leak coming from the light (last year the glass and frame came loose and just fell off--see photo 2). The metal housing for the light had rusted through in a couple of...

Re: Y'all have great advice! no more green water but now wha Yes, thanks for clarifying--I was shocking for mustard algae. I thought I read it needs to be in the upper 50s for that when you have such a high CYA.

Re: Y'all have great advice! no more green water but now wha oops...I should have printed out the chart and not relied on memory! Thanks for the post. I'll see about renting a pump to drain some of the water. Devon

For a couple of weeks my water was cloudy and started turning green despite shocking with dichlor. I think I may have had mustard algae (there was a greenish-brown powdery substance on the floor--so I started shocking with liquid bleach to get the FC up. I've been scrubbing the walls and floor...

I had to prime the pump so I turned off the valve to the drain and just had the skimmer into the pump. Bled the air from the filter. Everything was going well...no big bubbles. After things ran for awhile, I shut it off and turned the valve to 50/50 from the skimmer and drain and darned if the...

Forgot to mention that the pipes are NOT under slab it's just dirt so I guess we can do some digging as easily as anybody :lol:

Yes, it shoots off to the left. where the waterfall and pool are located I turned off the waterfall a week or so ago. It's always leaked a bit and we're trying to clear out all the overgrowth of grass that was there and want to replace with stones. No I didn't lube it. It says not to, but...

Hi Dave, The pipe dope is holding but I have a new (or related problem). There were a little bit of bubbles coming from the jets and some in the pump basket. I decided to check the seal on the basket. Now there are no bubbles there but lots of big bubbles in the jets and the PSI on the filter...

I'm crossing my fingers but it's been a couple of hours and the pipe dope on the connections seems to be working. Thanks so much for your advice! :-D Devon

Thanks, I'll try that. I think the pool man who installed this 4-5 years ago used some type of pipe dope because there was a residue that was hardened. I tried to get it all off on joint A. I'll work on it for joint B as well. It looked complicated but because of those collars, it did come off...

I'm hoping you all can offer some suggestions to this novice pool owner :? Last month I let the pump run dry for quite a few hours (I'm not sure exactly how long...I didn't realize the o-ring wasn't on the basket). There wasn't a problem at first but after several weeks I noticed a small leak...