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I can do it, but it's a pain. Not nearly the pain to rebuild all that. Short version, take a saw and cut off that entire valve, except where the joint in question is, don't mess that up. Once that valve body is out of the way, take a hack saw blade and make a LONG ways cut, not all the way...

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Hi all, Looking to eliminate the booster pump. Wanting to replumb this system to run off the filter pump. Any ideas?

Hi all, Wanting to know what / where kind of small...and I mean a small foot print of jets I can use for say 3 or 4 of them to be mounted on the Trex deck. Looking for something in the 1" or so diamaterthat I can just simply drill out and plumb to. I'll adjust the flow and all that at the pad...

Thanks, That's what I was wondering.... Is it not possible to run the filter & spa jets on one larger VS-3040...like maybe a 3 HP unit? In an ideal world I would be able to ditch all 3 of those pumps and have it all run off one larger 3040 with everything actuated. Is that what you are saying...

I am waiting until this job is completed before I paint the pipe...yes I know I am messy with primer!! For the sake of knowing there is a solar system installed. LX 220 that is totally and completely on its own system with its own 2 hp booster pump (WP). As you can see the valves to switch...

Hi all, OK, so here goes! Client has a lap pool....38' X 16' is about 20K gallons. Heres the layout: Please bare in mind they are in no particular order Client had me rewire just a few weeks ago, DID NOT want automation....(ok) OLD heater

I don't know this company you speak of nor do I care. As a fairly expensive plumber ($95 per/hr) myself I will say this...you get what you pay for. So, while you seem to have this whole plumbing trade figured out (laughable) you as a home owner should know it doesn't take a genius to be able to...

Huh? You're saying that the GFCI device must be on a dedicated circuit? That is not accurate.

Perfect...thank you.

Licensed Pilot and considering putting in a resume with the NTSB for aviation division....VERY hard position to get, but that would be one of my dream jobs...well, that and flying for Fed-Ex!! My good friend has your degree He was rejected for flight school for the Navy because he was a little...

The plot thickens..... So the main panel is one one side of the house, the disco is at the opposite end...call it 100 feet. Than you have about 100 feet of wire run to the controller. So total is 200 feet with 12 awg wire. Based on that you would have about a 5-8 volt drop. That's alot..... I...

Well by all means see if you can get your money back....it's kinda like a kids toy made in China if you aske me. Yes rewire the pump if you are going to keep it. Or simply wait out the year warranty to do it. as for the reason to rewire it...it has to do with voltage drop. If the existing awg...

OK, so you have a 20A (single pole) breaker for the pool circuit...OK, that's fine. The box outside on the brick is called a disconnect (a.k.a. Disco) and is required. The recepts you have installed in that O.D. box tells me that (at least the one on hte right) is a dedicated 20 Amp circuit...

16 gauge (a.k.a. AWG = American Wire Gauge) wire on a 20 foot run with a constant 12.5 Amp load......Plus derating (the celcius temps).....Not on my watch. That should be 12 guage IMO. It depends on the power supply to the controller relay circuit. Is there a sub panel that was installed, and...

LOL.... with respect to a post on page two I got a laugh out of that. I have my EE but stayed in construction.....I have said the same thing many times over the years!! OK, so I read most of this post...you articulate rather well in description!! The darn orang entention cord bugs me and...

Ok, so I really didn't read much of the text so this may have been covered already.....few things: As a plumber I don't like seeing glued jounts with no purple primer exposed. While it very well may have been primed, I like to see the primer at least a 1/4" past the slip fitting. As was already...

So I think this is the one I am going with. Am I correct in thinking that I need to wire in the Firemans Switch? All this system is, is a single filter pump that runs from 10 a.m. to about 2 p.m. (sweeper has its own pump as does the spa jets) From what I gather the Firemans switch is to...

No worries....you understand I am not trying to belittle you (hard to convey in text) just make sure you're safe. And yes, the instructions need to be modified. As per NEC code Each light shall have its own junction box. Also per code said box shall be installed no less than 18" above the...

There is no way to tell from that pic if power is comming from the panel. That is the correct kind of wire. One branch could be from the panel, the next is off to one light. The pass through one, can just be heading to the other pool j box for the other light. usually the guys running the...

The 3600 is a good unit.....Sounds more like a GFI issue. There should be a sub panel on the bottom of that unit. There should also be a GFCI breaker that controls only the pool lighting circuit. A few things...one, I am an electrician and when your messing with electricity things can get...

Well, It was bugging me so I went back......it was a good thing. In looking at the casing sheet metal behing the IId, it was all warped and bent out of shape. I took the top off to get access to the exchanger and it was a mess. All 4 or 5 rows of the exchanger had fallen in the middle, seals...

This is very simple.... There should be a 3/4" galvi hard pipe going into the pool heater. Follow that pipe out, and there should be a union than a 1/4 turn shutoff valve. Turn off power to the heater. Turn off the gas valve. Get two wrenches (pipe / monkey) and take apart the unit's threaded...

100% correct. This is why power companies use fairly small transmission lines for line voltage. They are not much concerned with the current and voltage drops are taken care of with more transformers in parallel....although that is starting to change.

I just pulled the burnt up IID last night as I was getting ready to leave. I have not ordered a new one yet. I don't want to install a brand new unit, to only have it melt after 20 minutes of use. What could be causing this?

hi all, I need a little help on this one. Client has in-ground...40K with attached spa. Here's the story (short version) I was hired to rewire the pool equpt. area. I did and everything works well. In testing the pool's heater...

Hi all, Not a pool builder BUT!!! Licensed plumber and Journeyman electrician in the Peoples Republic of California. I seem to be getting more and more calls for pool things and have taught myself a great deal over the last few months....One think I can't learn is experience, so here i am...