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Thanks for commenting Melt. All plumbing comes up from underground right under the deck and about 3 ft from the railroad tie steps. The station is below grade, flooded. There's enough room to do some plumbing. The vertical drop from skimmer and returns to where the plumbing comes out from under...

I'm going to let those more knowledgeable comment. There are, on the very basic level of common spray foams, two types. On has very high expansion and hard to control. The other has much lower expansion and is much easier to control. I think is is for use around windows and doors. I would...

I've seen that even on non SWG pools. I think it is just something that happens over long periods of time. Better quality steel nuts will help; the higher the quality the better. A thought though..... the metal rods and bolts do need to be the same metal to help prevent this and the two...

Here's the eBay link for the washable bag, spa replacement cartridge set. I asked if s/he has one for my spa. It is pretty standard FC-2370. http://cgi.ebay.com/C-4950-SPA-FILTER-R ... 230964a5bd gg=alice

My last two free standing spas have and had pretty powerful blowers for the bubbles that come up from the foot and leg areas. The blower is the loudest motor of the four in the spa but not as loud as most of my household and shop vacs. The two jet pumps, at 5 HP each, are not nearly as loud as...

Someone on the board, who has an Intex pool, purchased a bag that goes over the throw away cartridge that some Intex filters use. Actually you are supposed to use the whole system which consist of a frame and washable bag, matched to your filter size/type. I looked up the seller on eBay and I'm...

Is the spa kept covered when not in use? How long does your filtration pump run? Is the filtration a low speed/flow? Just a little background for perspective. A lot of our dust is smaller than 1 micron. In fact some of it makes it through a 1 micron Slime Bag. There are few pools, out this...

I still haven't decided on a "permanent" use for my dedicated pressure cleaner return driven by an AO Smith 3/4 HP booster pump that is still in system. I stopped using my Polaris. Mainly because it became cost prohibitive. With my microscopic "cementous" dust I was running the Polaris minimum...

30 times a year is a lot of cartridge cleaning. I can see why you want to go with a larger filter, for sure. Have you considered going with a DE filter? You certainly wouldn't have to be opening the filter very much. I'm not all that familiar with sand filter sizes but from what I do know, the...

I had a push/pull on my old DE filter. It didn't have a lever as some do. When they get gritty it is hard to get them all the up or down and locked. You can replace a few parts but once the inside cylinder is roughened from grit and sand you might not even be able to get it apart to replace...

I keep a really cheap kitchen strainer, with plastic handle, near the pool; one that will fit into the skimmer with a little wiggle room. With pump still running I use it to catch floating stuff in skimmer and/or take some of the stuff out of the basket, before removing it, when there is so much...

I ordered a bunch of other stuff too. That may have been where I got the tires, bearing kits, scrubbers, etc., right before I sold my 280 to my friend for a steal. I don't remember if I did a google search or found them on eBay. My computer is out of commission right now so I can't double check...

I can't get to my old email right now but I think this is where I ordered a bunch of packages of these. I think the price has come down if so. That's a great price and they are good quality. I like the real skimmer socks better. They seem to catch a lot more of our "microscopic" dust and they...

Welcome to TFP. :wave: I have one very simple solution that might work; a total guess with no thought behind it. :roll: Background: My pumping station is below my IG pool (part of it is a little higher than the bottom drain, 10 ft deep end, down the hill, under the deck. In this situation...

That is cool. Do you know what size the pump is? gg=alice

Ditto. I have the VF. When my big filter is really clean and I run on my usual low speed, 19 gpm, which is probably pretty close to speed 1 on your pump, my filter psi is about 3. I have 1.5" pipes (more resistance) going from pumping station to pool and 2" only on all the plumbing at the pad...

I'm running mine at 19 gpm, 21/7 no cover. As far as keeping surface cleared I think a huge factor is getting the return adjusted just right. My Pool skim catches most of the dog hair/bugs/plant debris; skimmer does a great job with the finest stuff. Hardly ever see much of anything floating on...

I'll add that my all electric bill has never been below $300; no gas. That is going back a couple of decades. As prices have risen and house occupancy has reduced, I've been able to close off the whole upstairs so that has reduced the heating and cooling cost. Each year for past 10 years I've...

After putting in a variable flow (or speed) pump and not running the Polaris booster (which needs to be run minimum 10 hours a day with our environment) I'm seeing $250-$300 reduction in my spring/summer electric cost, all other things being some what the same. We are all electric. No pool...

I'm prefacing this with I put in a new Intelliflo VF this spring, not because of any type of failure to the old pump but for electrical savings and adjustability for different features. The old pump was running very quietly; always has. Challenger 2.23 SFHP (service factor plus horse power) and...

It might help to take some pictures of the grid/manifold assembly, from all angles, before taking it apart. Also, find the manual online and print it up. Manual http://www.pentairpool.com/pdfs/FNSOM.pdf With searching you can get really good prices for a whole set of grids, online. For my old...

The VF does have a cooling fan but I would provide shade for it. Mine is located under a deck and never has any sun on it. I have heard/read that it is better to shield it from heavy rain and sprinkler systems too. Luckily my deck lets little water fall on it but there is a birdbath right above...

Glad to hear that. I haven't heard the noise from my VF but I haven't been listening specifically for it. When I shut the pump on/off, at the pump's control panel, I'm under the deck, leaning over it, with my head about 24" from the pump. I have pretty good hearing. It may be normal but I'll bet...

Can't do any cover except for aftermarket solid safety cover and just can't swing the $Ks now, maybe never. This is because of the dogs. Basically we maintain the pool for the dogs so it has to be available to them throughout the day. Solar cover too dangerous and wouldn't really keep much of...

Thanks Jeff. It's sinking in a bit now and what you said is helping. I had my pump set to 2 turnovers a day (adjusting pool volume value) but set it back down to about 1.4 turnovers yesterday. That's 26 gpm, 263 watts, 1475 rpm. "clean filter" still set on 10 and percentage is 0%. :whoot: I...

Thanks for that info. But we don't want it to rise by 14 psi. Most DE filters, I'm aware of advise backwashing at 8 to 10 rise. At least I don't want a rise of that much. When my psi rises by 6 my VF ramps up and wattage use doubles. At a 10 psi rise wattage use triples keeping the same gpm...

So maybe what they really mean in the manual is "clean { the filter at this } pressure setting"? Want to see if I understand. Question: So if usually running with clean filter start at 3 psi but it triggers an alert at 9 then setting pump at 10 would be just about right? That's what I'm doing...

I have some things to say about that but I don't have a moment to spare right now. Hopefully will post tonight but tomorrow at latest. You can reset the alert by stopping filtering and run backwash setting for a moment (without actually doing a backwash). That might give you a little more time...

Update This is a Starite Swimquip D36. Eleven straight grids. Cost for replacing all grids >$500. :shock: :shock: :shock: She's now soaking them in dishwasher detergent and will do an acid soak today. All have weakening ribs and a wear hole at top just below the tube. Top manifold. Friends...

Did you figure out if the main drain has a separate pipe going to the pumping station or is it combined with the skimmer pipe, at the skimmer. I don't know how you would do this if the main drain goes through the skimmer but if it is separate you could do as described below. I'm wondering if...