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Interesting... I was googling the exact problem this morning and Google suggested this post for me. How ironic. So my problem is back, after they fixed it. I believe the last time the circuit board was the culprit. I'm guessing it'll be the same this time around. I guess these boards only...

I have standard double drains at the bottom of my inground pool. They are 5 years old. They are Hayward. They look like this: Kafko / Equator Skimmer Main Drain Cover | Pool Supplies Canada My Dolphin DX4 always gets stuck on the drains when passing over them, spins around a few times...

http://www.trevioutdoorleisure.com/creusees/accessoires/toiles/kempt.jpg It's called Kempt...

Didn't pass OCLT last night (sigh!). Lost 2 ppm overnight. I must be close though... Back to SLAMing for today...

Great minds think alike! I put a sock full of granules in the skimmer about 2 hours ago. I figured the CYA will come up as the "bad man" weakens to oblivion! ;) All of this: Gives you this:

Hi. 5ml test level. Thanks, good tip... I'm testing every hour since this morning and that will help! (Good thing I'm testing every hour because the FC is getting eaten up quick!!!) After 3-4 hours I was finally showing FC above 10ppm. I'm starting to reduce my hourly bleach addition to...

^ Yep. I have solar and SWG. Works great! Pool is at 90F all the time!

I went out this morning and FC was at near 0 again. Dumped 10L of 10.3% bleach in there. I have to say, I'm starting to get worried about this. It's not keeping any chlorine... So far, I've added at least 35L of bleach since yesterday, which, according to my math, is at least 70 ppm of FC in...

I did all this about 5-6 hours ago. I just went out to test the FC. It was showing minimal again... Weird. Has my powder gone bad? Has the 871 Reagent gone bad? So what does the engineer do? Test the test, of course! So I added a few drops of bleach to a liter of water then took 10ml in...

Okay. So I've been running my pool religiously with the philosophy from POOL SCHOOL. It's been working great for 3 years. I opened my pool early May, tested and balanced the water to within 1 hair of perfection. Set my settings on the SWG just like last year as my CYA was 60 (it was 70 last...

I called the pool store.... Still under warranty from Hayward... I guess we'll find out soon enough! The water temperature sensor, I don't mind, cheap easy fix. The SWG is a little more worrisome (if I wasn't under warranty, of course) I think I may install a surge protector on my panel after...

I just went out and swapped the water temperature sensor and the solar sensor. The error followed the sensor. What's still weird is that the SWG and "faulty" sensor are still indicating 82F. Beyond my understanding.... Thoughts?

Hey'y'all! As the title suggests, I think I may have a temperature sensor fault. My system is fully automated and has been functioning flawlessly for 3 years. The water temperature sensors were indicating what my SWG sensor was indicating within a few degrees and was always bang on my...

No news is good news?! I'm going to assume she got everything fixed and is enjoying her pool every minute in these last few days of summer... :)

Darlene. When my solar was installed, there was only one valve on the system. The valve was at the solar "out" after my filter. The solar return didn't have a valve. Kim brings a good point about being able to isolate your systems independently. I developed a leak earlier this year, and the...

Right! Stopping the water... Of course. Forgot about that. I hope the plugs do the trick. As for the drink, I suggest something strong, that will make you partially blind after a sip or two. That way, if it doesn't work out, we won't be the target for ALL the blame! ;) (of course, I'm...

I just looked at your pictures again. From what I can tell, you only need to make one cut, in the pipe between the pump and the filter. The rest can be unscrewed as they are clamps... All you need to ensure is that where you cut, there is at least 2 inches of pipe remaining to glue in your...

I'm still following. Kim is giving you great advice. Just as an FYI. You do not need 2 valves for your solar. I only have one. You only need a valve on your outbound to solar from the filter. The other one is nice to have, but not necessary, in case you want to save yourself a valve...

Darlene. Just go to the pool store and buy some plugs for the skimmer and the return. They're probably 2$-3$ each. Would certainly save you the trouble of doing ALL the plumbing... Those rubber plugs just screw into the threaded skimmer suction hole and the threaded return (with the eyeball...

Darlene13. As with everything in life, there is always a first time for everything. I bet once you're done, you'll wonder what you were worried about since it turned out to be so easy. As we all have done already, we will help you through this. We will make drawings, show you pictures and...

Darlene13... Check your fliers. It's on sale at crappy tire again this week! Oh. And I think something in your filter is broken as well. Would explain pretty much everything...

jenn82766. Can you give me a link to your thread? If you're throwing in 12 gallons of chlorine a day, either you have a lot of algae in there, in which case, your consumption will decrease as the algae dies off, or the sun consumes a lot of your chlorine, which usually means your CYA...

If debris are coming out of your return jet, then your filter isn't filtering properly. Time to take a serious look at that filter... Have you completed the LONG BACKWASH.?

Kim's right... That is an eyeball return. All you have to do is unscrew it a little (as Kim said it may be tight at first) and the eyeball will move and you will understand the mechanism. Turn the eyeball away from the skimmer, and towards the bottom a little to create a rotating current in...

+1 for Kim's suggestions...

One more thought... Have you tried turning off the solar for a few days? It takes a bit of pump pressure to send the water up the roof... Maybe it would help your skimmer if all your pump had to do was filter the pool.

Ok... I've just re-read this whole thread... So for the deep clean. If you want to do one, from what I can see you need to unscrew the two bottom screws. To stop all water flow I would simply turn off the pump. Since the filter seems to be 2-3 feet from the pump, there has to be enough flex in...

Darlene. I'm pretty sure you can replace your return jet with an eyeball jet for a couple bucks from the pool store. They are just screw in. If you had a picture of the current jet (if the water isn't too cloudy) or a picture of the winter plug you put in the jet, or even remove the jet from...