electric

Hello everyone, I live in Northern Canada where temperatures, even in summer, are not always hot. Due to this, I am looking for information on getting a electric pool heater. I have no NG and electricity in my region is subsidized, so power consumption is not a big concern. Most importantly, I...

The people who put in my pool reused old metal conduit which is now rotting and letting water pour into the house. Nice. Anyhow that’s easy enough to fix by replacing the short metal section with PVC, but it does require me to remove the #6 bonding wire while I do it. When I did this I found...

No matter how many times I push this back in, it keeps popping back out. Is there a trick I don’t know? Glue?

Hello and happy almost summer (although it doesn't feel like it here on Long Island): After ten years, my Hayward MaxFlo variable speed pump (SP2300VSP) died. I ordered the new version of the Hayward MaxFlo variable speed pump (W3SP2303VSP), pulled it out of the box and realized it had no...

The other day I reached in the water and felt a little tickle, wasn’t much so I investigated more and found that the gas line into the pool heater had the same thing. Obviously it’s a grounding problem somewhere, and I haven’t had it plugged in since l noticed it. I know it’s somewhere in the...

I am in the process of installing a 3000 gallons above-ground Bestway pool (13' x 42"), mainly for two kindergarteners. I live in Western Washington, where the weather stays cooler for eight months a year. The temperature on our Summer nights gets into the low 50s. We will be weekend warriors...

I wanted to get some of the electrical work out of the way while waiting for pool instal. How is this looking? -100amp sub panel -1” schedule 40 conduit (filled to 39.7% capacity). 20’ run. -#3 thhn for hot1, hot2, and neutral, #6 ground -Neutral and ground bus separated at sub -Box bonded to...

Hi Team, I am looking to get PV solar panels installed on my roof and I thought: why not have an electric resistance heater installed as well. I have a ~15000 gallon pool with a pool cover. On the forums I am seeing mixed reactions to an electric pool heater. Any thoughts on this ? Does anyone...