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That's a BIT of an untruth - as all water will freeze if it gets cold enough but if you can keep the pump running, and the water in the pool is above freezing it will keep the filter / pump / heater plumbing clear (and because there is an intake that is at the drain of the pool - it would have...

Yep - as long as pump is running - moving water doesn't freeze.

Wanted to share - was immediately suspicious of chlorinator work I did last summer, but ended up finding something way more interesting. Symptoms - Noticed the 220 breaker was tripping infrequently - happened 1-2x week when it was cold. Not an ideal situation when the pool is potentially...

BRILLIANT - running hot water now -

oh - and probably couldn't hurt to throw anything you have that floats into the pool (I'm using a couple of foam pellet fillled animals - and a big floaty chair. so the ice on the pool surface isn't pushing too bad on the tile. Probably more a concern with the water BEHIND the tile vs the...

:( II'm in a similar boat in Allen, TX- ran out this morning. turned off the circuit breaker, pulled plugs on the pump and booster pump, and filter seemed to mosly drain out. The booster pump appears frozen already so not sure that helped anything, but the VSP glugged some water out of one...

Take some pictures and annotate them - will make it easier to understand.

Before and after - the last 90 going into the return after the nature 2 was the one that busted - was happy to take it out. After discovering it here here - my family has always been a big fan of the borax for water feel and sparkle, and never saw one of the nature 2 things before - one less...

All done - ended up with a Hayward Progrid DE6020, and the Intellflow VS 11028 - all worked pretty much out of the box. The hardest part was chiseling off an old 90 and ended up cracking after the intellflow hit prime. (It was just like the Curly plumbing in the 3 stooges episode from the 90 on...

Thanks guys - I'll start doing my planning for the wiring for the 011028 - it takes a bit to tear these projects into the right bit and pieces. I enjoy having a bit of a side project, and have always been handy with plumbing and electrical (esp with the support of the folks here in...

Hi - I'm planning a replacement for a a Jandy single speed stealth 2.5, for power savings and quiet. The setup currently have an aqualink rs ps pda based panel. I'm considering upgrading that to the iq-20, but for now - want to get the benefits of the longer pool run time at the lower pressure...

I tried to just reuse the bulkhead orings and retighten (don't do this) with the big ole pipe wrench but the orings were too flattened, and I eventually split the threads on the bulkhead here it screws into the inside the tank elbows thank goodness I didn't injure the inlet or outlet elbows...

will do - have a ton of that !

Hi All - have a slow drip on the bottom filter connector and looks like it's the filter outlet - as I look at the parts diagram, and looks like a couple of o rings which shouldn't be too bad, any concerns and any tools besides a strap wrench to take off and retighten? Also - any led...

Just to add to this for you - congrats on the variable speed, you won't be disappointed- I run at about 1500RPM for 2 hours / day to skim, and then 750RPM 24/7. Pump costs went from about 3-4$ / day running 8-12 hours at full speed to about $1 / day on average. (This is not measured but...

Thx j. The lower amount seems to be working fine and not building backpressure as quickly as the 5 lbs did. Clarity and chemistry appear the same so just gonna stick with it.

So I'm thru opening, and was looking at the amount of DE that is required for the 4036 filter media - and I found an online manual vs label discrepancy [snip] from the pentair online manual Diatomaceous Earth (D.E.) Precoat Requirements Filter Model *By Weight Number Pounds 4024 2.4 4036 3.6...

Will do. I didn't adjust the port yet. Thanks for looking. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk

You guys give me pool muscles. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk

Ok. I finished. It wasn't so so scary. Pvc is very forgiving.

So the top pic shows the plumbing in all it's glory - the chlorinator used to sit between the 1.5" pvc pipe with 3/8" hole in pic 2 and the 2" pvc hole with 3/8" hole in pic 3. I've cut the 2inch out - that wasnt too scary, and is a straightforward replumb, what i want to do is figure out the...

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Hi All, Getting ready to replace a 2 way 180 degree Jandy with a 3way to provide for a clean water pressure side leg to feed a pool cleaner. Have a couple of questions, and then wanted to make sure I'm going down the right path. In a normal lots of space plumbing world - would be able to add...

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Both of them look like they were in the sun. I will look more closely at the multiport the next time I'm over. All of the marking on the labels are bleached out from the elements. There is a number on the label that looks etched. Probably a serial or model number D100900 Sent from my Nexus 4...

Hi all Have a friend that bought a house with a Sylvan pool and the filter is a Clearwater DE. The filter is about 48 inches tall from the bottom of the filter to the top of pressure gauge , does anyone know if that is the 48 or 60 square foot filter? Appreciate the help. Sent from my...

Re: Awwww ****.... lightning? Thanks a lot ohm boy - it was so obvious afterwards what was going on - but in the heat of the troubleshooting moment (i.e. coming back 1 hour before sunset from a 12 hours vacation drive) - my brain didn't process it. Really appreciate your help. There needs...

Re: Awwww ****.... lightning? It feels so good to see the pumps turning over again. WHEW. I ran about 70 feet of the uf3 to a breaker panel in the box - was concerned about the ground wire being bare - but as I thought it thru - I wasn't all that concerned. This is powering the pb4 /...

Re: Awwww ****.... lightning? OHM boy / Jason - you are both good at this. I did check each outside and they individually check out 120 - but when I check them lug to lug ... 16V. (Actually - I did this test at the breaker first - and I noticed something wasn't right with just checking the...

Re: Awwww ****.... lightning? Power lugs are hot on both pumps, and the grounds checked out as good. (i.e. - the voltage wrt to the ground was good in on each of the power lugs.) I"ll post more tommorow on this - only got to do the basics tonight before it got dark. --Adrian