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Hi everyone, We're putting a new liner in - as part of that, going to refresh the return fittings, skimmer surround, etc. I've got a return in my fiberglass steps, which has always had a leak. Water from the pool leaking behind the return flange, confirmed with dye - and has been fine for...

Hi All, As we know the Taylor reagents can be tricky to find in Canada. I'm in Mississauga, and the discounters pool and spa store sells them locally. If anyone is interested in doing a group buy, I'd be happy to help organize. I'm in most need of the DPD Powder - they sell it in a 113g size...

Hi All, My Auqarite SWG was working fine for most of this summer. I checked this weekend, and noticed that I was seeing the issue where the power light was not illuminated, and the generate light would be sporadic. At this point chlorine in the pool was very low. After some reading of the...

Hi Folks, Looking for some advice on a small leak. I replaced my filter last year, and am seeing a small leak (1 drip every few seconds) from the screw-in connections as shown in the picture. I used a reasonable amount of teflon tape, though it seems the screw-in fitting went all the way in...

Hi all, Noticed that there is a vertical crack, about 3", about midway up the side of my Hayward ProSeries Filter. Normally, I run my pump on a low speed, and at that speed, the crack barely drips. This weekend I was running on full speed, and the crack is slightly more expanded, and leaks a...

Hi All, End of last year my Aquarite T9 was working fine. This year I'm running into some issues The issue I experience is that I'm getting both Check Salt and Inspect Cell solid lights after turning on the system. I can replicate with the following procedure: Turn on the generator...

Hi all, I've got a leaking return that is in my pool steps. I tested this using the food coloring method, and saw the water clearly leaking out behind the white face of the return, where the black gasket-type material is. (See picture). I had fixed this a about 2 seasons ago, using JB Water...

So I recently installed a MaxFlo VS pump. The pump has the ability to be controlled via external relays, which got me thinking about how I could integrate the pool with the existing Insteon automation I already have in the house. My plan is to have a local controller at the pump, which will...

Hi all, I'd like to discuss some options for installing my new pump, and would love the community's feedback. First, a picture of the current setup with the 1HP SuperPump. The new pump (MaxFlo VS) manual states that give my 1 1/2 pipe size, I should have 7" of straight pipe before entering...

Hi all, I'm considering two options for a replacement pump this year. I've currently got a 1HP Hayward Superpump, currently with no timer setup, just a simple on/off switch. Option 1 - Pentair WhisperFlo 1/2 HP single speed Option 2 - Hayward Superpump II - 2 speed (1.5HP / 0.25HP) General...

Hi All, (quick backstory: similar issues at the end of last fall, though not as bad as it always started - during this spring opening, pump worked without issue until now) I had my pump off for the majority of the day, and came back to turn it on in the evening It made a very loud buzzing...

Hi all, I'm going to be buying a 16oz bottle of this reagent, it seems the only size that I can get delivered in a reasonable timeframe. If anyone is interested in sharing, let me know. Looks like it will work out to about $10 for 2oz - and you'll need a bottle to take the refill home in...

Two different pool stores in my area carry these robots. The boxes looks almost the same, even colour scheme is the same - Red/Grey Both come with the carry caddy, almost the same price point. And I can't find either of them on the Hayward website, it only shows the AV500 which is Blue/Grey...

Took the cover off the pool today! Cloudy, but not green, so pretty happy about that. After some vacuuming and having the filter run for about 4 hours I did my tests. (waiting on the FAS DPD add-on kit, so just used the Taylor 2005 so far) FC 3 TC 2 CC 1 PH 7 CYA didn't register (so < 30) CH...

Hi everyone, The pool is 51,000 Litres, salt with SWG, Sand filter. This is my second year with the pool, last time I used a "opening kit" specific to salt-pools with sand filters. it contained - 3x 1 lb packs of "Salt shock" - according to their website, each pack treats 30,000L - 1x 1 lb...