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That is a good point. What's interesting is that I never had a leak when I closed it in early September. It was still above freezing for quite a while. I called them last week, and they acted like it was no big deal. I was under the impression that it just failed spontaneously. I certainly hope...

Thanks. I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they want to do. I have not touched the pool equipment since closing, so I think they just forgot to close the pool drain.

I am in Southern New Jersey and have my pool winterized at the end of every season. I went outside yesterday and noticed that there was water draining from the pump. I closed the valve for the main pool drain, and the water stopped. I'm assuming that the air seal/lock was broken somehow. This is...

Thanks. What I wasn’t sure about is if I should get a replacement cell or if I should just buy a whole new salt generator.

I have a Nature2 Fusion Soft Salt Cell Generator (FSOFT1400). I don't use the Nature2 portion of the system. It was originally installed by my pool company, and I was pretty clueless at the time. I came out this morning and noticed the cord was smoking where it connects to the top of the salt...

I forgot to post back. That was the problem. When I connect the pump to the line side, it works fine! The timer will need to be replaced. Thanks for your help with this!

Thank you! Great suggestion. I was actually wondering to myself if it would be okay to bypass the timer/connect to the line side, and you answered my question! I will give this a try as soon as I can and report back.

I've been helping my neighbor with his pool, as he has no prior experience with one. It's an above ground with a 120v pump, which I'm not as familiar with. A couple days ago, I noticed his water level seemed low, and the pump looked to be having trouble maintaining prime (filter pressure was...

Thank you. I'm always looking for better ways to do things, so I'll make the switch.

That's a good idea. Thank you.

Thanks. I know that I should be using muriatic acid. I guess the reason I haven't is because I've heard it's pretty nasty to work with.

It is right at 60. I will read the aeration article. Thank you!

I was cleaning out my skimmer baskets, and I had a bag of pH down sitting next to me. I accidentally hit it, and about 3/4 of the bag fell into the skimmer. I don't even know how I did this, but it is probably the dumbest thing I have ever done. I'm trying to figure out what to do to get this...

I have been helping my neighbor with his pool. He has a Hayward E100 filter. Since the time he's been there, he has had a leak around the clamp. I tried tightening the screws, but it didn't help at all. We ended up removing the clamp and lifting the multiport valve. I noticed that there is no...

Thanks. I guess I’ll try the cement route first, and if that fails, I’ll try the epoxy.

Last year, I helped my neighbor plumb his above ground pool with rigid PVC. Before this, he had flexible black houses that had leaks all over the place. A couple weeks ago, he had a new liner installed, and apparently, the installer damaged the return line going into the pool. He installed new...

My pump died last year, and I replaced it with a Pentair IntelliFlo VS. I love the variable speed feature, but it made my Polaris 360 unusable. I had tried setting it at high speed for a couple hours, and it didn't help as much as I had hoped. I'd like to just get a standalone robot, so I don't...

Thank you.

I am trying to help my neighbor with his pump. It's a Pentair OP-NI-1VD (Part No. 347987). It's currently wired with a black cord that runs to a piece of NMLTC and is spliced with electrical tape. Definitely not good. On my pool, the NMLTC runs from the timer directly into the motor housing...

I noticed the rust as well but didn’t know the significance of it. I noticed that his pool seems to lose more water than mine does, and I’m not sure if this is the cause. Does this mean that water is seeping behind the liner somehow?