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  1. Silver_2000

    New Polaris 3900 or just buy all the parts?

    when I adjusted the RPM with a disk, it burned out the 10 year old boost pump. I had Pool Motor supply replace it with the Hydroboost pump. Its design allowed me to tun the pump RPM WAY down and will save us an estimated $35 a month .....
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    New Polaris 3900 or just buy all the parts?

    water management piece hadnt been replaced and it fixed the RPM and swishing tail issues. Now with higher rpm it wheelies - found out the float was flooded. didnt even know there was a float - replacing that
  3. Silver_2000

    New Polaris 3900 or just buy all the parts?

    When I bought the house about 7 years ago it had a Polaris 3900 I've replaced a few parts adhoc including the backup valve the wall connector, the drive unit It's running tired again and I'm looking at replacing it all for about $900 but it seems I can get the various parts for nearly half...
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    Run boost pump and polaris without filter pump ?

    well thats unfortunate
  5. Silver_2000

    Run boost pump and polaris without filter pump ?

    Still waiting on freeze damage repair parts, so filter pump is inop. Pool is full and would like to if possible rub polaris to do some filtering / cleaning... Any downside to running boost pump and seeing if it's enough to power polaris ?
  6. Silver_2000

    Any reviews yet on the new Polaris Quattro?

    Exactly, we have polaris 3900 and it stays in the pool 24x7x365. I sometimes pull it when the grandkids are here but other than that it just runs. I did some repairs on mine last week, replaced bearings and the hose connector but its still working fine. Im not sure I would choose a robot if...
  7. Silver_2000

    What to do about leaves?

    maybe a skimmer basket w tower would help prevent it sucking dry https://www.amazon.com/SkimPro-Skimmer-Basket-Tower-Handle/dp/B00GSXSII4 In march I have to clean both skimmers and the polaris almost every day
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    Dolphin S300i filter basket micron question

    I know the old filter claimed 2 microns - But I doubt it was accurate 2 microns is 1/25 the diameter of a human hair ... 1/4 the size of a red blood cell The human eye cannot see anything smaller than 40 microns in size. Baldwin Filters | Tech Tips What Is a Micron Rating? Micron Sizes for...
  9. Silver_2000

    main drain has dirt and debri sitting in the bottom-no suction?

    ingound pools - most drains are 2 drains 2 feet apart plumbed on a T to prevent the suction danger issues since they are on a T if one plugs all the suction goes to the other THis is how I know one of mine was 2/3 full of debris when I bough this house But with the pump running at decent...
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    Have polaris in pool - how do I clean spa ?

    gary300 thanks for that - I googled it and it helped me realize what was in a bucket in the shed covered in rags and dirt Its an old pool blaster - have to try to find the wide blue head for it but it works This site helps again The condition of it and the stuff it was with had me thinking...
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    Have polaris in pool - how do I clean spa ?

    New pool owner Simple crazy question previous owner left no hose for manual vacuuming the spa or pool how do I get the debris and stuff out of bottom of the spa? the polaris 3900 hose isnt long enough so much to learn