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"Our" electrician is also MIA. We're sorta new in town and got a recommendation from the city's permit office based on who does most of the work on this builder's homes....even though the home was built over 10 years ago. But this is a smaller town and there's not a whole lot of residential...

Bought one of those houses once. Pain in the b*** when the time came to wash the windows! :grrrr:

Remember that if your SWCG is off, you're running a "regular" pool. Without the SWCG on, your target chlorine level (FC) is actually 9 with a CYA reading of 80 (you mentioned in your first post that your FC was 5+ and CYA was 80). With CYA of 80, a minimum level of FC would be about 6. Of...

How old is your SWCG cell?

Having moved around a lot, I'm always suspicious when previous owners tell me, "Oh, we never use XYZ appliance." :roll: Watch the control panel of your unit for a few days after turning the SWCG on. With that high CH and an owner saying they "didn't use it," it wouldn't surprise me if the...

Brentr...will let you know what I find/do. It may be awhile, as it's "out of sight, out of mind" right now. Only leaks when the pump is on and the pump is running overnight now (cold temps), so I don't see it! :sleep:

Thanks for the further replies. Any easy way to tell the difference between Viton and EPDM?

Thanks for the thoughts...hopefully something will work out.

Today was "SWCG Day" - time to inspect the cell for the first time since moving into this house and also time to add the salt needed due to some rain drains. The cell didn't actually look too bad, which was surprising since the prior owners obviously missed the Pool Owners 101 class (based on...

First Christmas in Florida! Merry Christmas to all. Hoping to fire up the heat pump and swim on New Year's :party: With this weather, though, it might really take us all week to get the water up to a swimmable temp.

Yeah, the mid-Atlantic and East Coast states really got hammered :hammer: :hammer: :hammer: a whole lot more than us. :lol:

Thanks guys! JohnT, your explanation makes perfect sense - I feel like a bit of an idiot for being concerned! :hammer: Brentr...your idea to clean the filter to get rid of some excess water makes sense, as well. Now I wish I had that big monstrosity of a Sta-Rite System 3, 2-cartridge...

We've pretty much finished weathering Tropical Storm Ida and are none the worse for wear, thankfully! :whoot: But the torrential rains made me wonder what to do with the pool in the event of an evacuation needed for a bigger storm. You know....when we're not at home to get the excess water...

Also check the easy stuff... - Be sure all your connections are solid, esp. the plug that plugs upward into the control box. - Are you clearing the "Inspect Cell" indicator light after you inspect the cell? Instructions for doing so are in the owner's manual. Although I have the same system...

Perhaps more likely they got tired of all the complaints about how difficult it was to get those super hard rings put on the tail hose! :rant: Sheesh...I just managed to get my "new" hard rings put on the Polaris and it was a chore! Who knew I should have been doing bench presses with my...

Are you referring to the on/off switch/lever on the timer, or some other switch? On a previous pool of ours (in TX), we had 1 Intermatic digital timer that controlled both the main pump and the Polaris together. The Polaris circuit also had a wall switch, separate from the timer. If that...

I just replaced the casing on mine and it was EXTREMELY hard to get the top off!!! Of course, mine had cracked and really made a mess of itself. I found the back-up valve replacement instructions from Polaris that stated that the valve should be about 30" from the cleaner AND you should...

Did you feel that the hard rings scratched up your finish at all? That's another concern of mine if I use these. Kind of like dragging rocks all over the bottom of the pool??? :?

This product sounds like it has been sitting in a 115 degree warehouse (or store window) for years. That's exactly what I was thinking when I first saw the package. Guess I got what I paid for - luckily not too much! I just ordered some from on line and they were white as snow. That's more...

...was their background color a blue-green, or teal? Any guesses how long ago that might have been? I'm curious because I bought a replacement part for my Polaris 280 and the background color of the package is quite different from the bright, marine blue that's current. It also turns out the...

That's a really good price for the scrubbers, and I thought I had found good deals on eBay (5 for $9.95)! :-D For those of us who are more frugal than we ought to be...before the scrubber material is totally worn thru on the bottom side, you can take off the scrubber and put the non-worn...

Surprise, surprise...DuPont's Stone Tec line of products has been recently mentioned on another forum with respect to sealing natural stone around a pool. It seems like the Bullet Proof product and the one made for saltwater uses might be something to consider. Nowhere does it indicate that...

Are you looking for the ladder/rail guard like the one shown here? http://www.inyopools.com/pool_parts_polaris_180_280_kits.aspx

OMG...one of DH's favorite garage/car repair items is JB Weld!!! How funny if I brought home its water equivalent for the pool!! Meanwhile, I just bought the replacement collar on eBay. After seeing the innards of the backup valve, it's probably best I didn't try JB for the first time on that...

Thanks CRG...I don't know exactly how that backup valve works and wasn't sure if it got ruined by the crack developing. I like the price of just the casing a whole lot more than the price of the entire "kit." :goodjob:

I read on another thread that you were disappointed that no one responded to your post so I'll pass along what little I know. I too asked this same question quite some time back on a couple of forums, as I had a problem very similar to yours on another pool. Bottom line: No one seems to have...

Hi all, There was a thread about a month back about a cracked casing that houses the backup valve on the Polaris 280. It sounded like it was a fairly minor crack. In my case, the crack encompasses the entire diameter of the case, except for about 1" :shock: Water comes gushing out the...

cncpool: #2 question...yes, they can get clogged. Watch your pool's environment. Where I lived before, there were about 7 days or so in late fall when this one tree would drop 90% of its leaves. They were sumac-like, with many long leaflets and then a long bare stem, as well. That...

Thanks Jason. I have a cartridge filter, so I'll take another look for a faucet of some type. My previous pool also had a cartridge filter. The plumbing on my previous pool had a very obvious drain line with an on/off valve, so that's what I initially looked for. I asked the previous...

It's been awhile and I've changed homes/pools. I'm now in Florida with a 4-5-year-old gunite pool. It's been raining a lot and I don't see any way to drop the water level on this pool. Could that be possible? As far as I can see, the lines at the equipment pad are all accounted for and...