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    Hayward Navigator repair question

    A 20 watt bulb in a 100 watt world, duh :oops: Apparently the gear box on the Navigator has a "front" and a "back" side. If you reinstall the gear box facing the wrong was it will only turn left, run into the wall and just sit there. When installed correctly, that bad boy wanders all over...
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    Hayward Navigator repair question

    I have the schematic and have looked everything over. None of the little teeth on the gears are broken or worn down. I've narrowed it down to the large cone gear that attaches to the hose. The manual says this gear should move freely in both directions, which it does, until you put it back...
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    Hayward Navigator repair question

    I have had some issues with my navigator not cleaning well. I replaced the feet and wings and found a piece of a clothes pin was jamming up the water wheel. So everything should have been fine but now it goes very, very slowly, but then takes off like a John Force Funny Car, then either...
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    Phosphates/algae/chlorine

    Well, I didn’t see waterbear’s post about “forget the phosfree” before I added what I had left so I don’t know what readings would have been if no more phosfree, but here are today’s results. Early Test results Mine (Taylor drop kit): FC = 18, TC = 18, pH = 7.2, TA = 130, CH =...
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    Phosphates/algae/chlorine

    New Test Results Store #1 - FAC = 0; TAC = 0; pH = 7.4; TA = 120; CH = 450; CYA = 50; Phosphates >2,500ppb Store #2 - FAC = 0; TAC = 0; pH = 7.6; TA = 120; CH = 400; CYA = 30; Phosphates >2,500 ppb Me - FAC = 0; TAC = 0; pH = 7.4; TA = 120; CH = 450; CYA = 100, no phosphate test Had the same...
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    Phosphates/algae/chlorine

    Thanks for the quick response! Here's the numbers: FAC = 0; TAC = 0; pH = 7.4; TA = 120; CH = 400; CYA = 100; TDS = 2,000; phosphates > 2,500 ppb. I've put 2# of shock a day for the past 4 days and still no chlorine after 6 to 8 hours. I have pucks in the skimmer and floater full open. The...
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    Phosphates/algae/chlorine

    What it is: Fiberglass in-ground pool, 5,100 gallons, cartridge filters, located in Arizona Problems: reoccuring mustard algae, phosphate level off the chart, disappearing chlorine What's been done: shock, clean filters, shock, clean filters, phosfree (R), shock, clean filters Result...