- Mar 11, 2015
- 1,752
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Time for you pool gurus and experienced owners to fess up to bonehead pool care mistakes you made!
I’ll go first.
At opening when I started up the filter, water started spraying out between the upper and lower housing. I first thought it broke (its 14 years old), but soon realized I forgot to install the O ring! Doh!
And it gets better.....
The last several days I couldn’t figure out why my Polaris cleaner (pressure side w/booster pump) didn’t seem to be cleaning well despite the appearance it was running fine and I was running it many hours a day (lots of tree mess this time of year). I finally noticed why today....when I emptied the filter bag several days ago I forgot to zip it back up, so it was just blowing debris back into the pool!!!
I’ll go first.
At opening when I started up the filter, water started spraying out between the upper and lower housing. I first thought it broke (its 14 years old), but soon realized I forgot to install the O ring! Doh!
And it gets better.....
The last several days I couldn’t figure out why my Polaris cleaner (pressure side w/booster pump) didn’t seem to be cleaning well despite the appearance it was running fine and I was running it many hours a day (lots of tree mess this time of year). I finally noticed why today....when I emptied the filter bag several days ago I forgot to zip it back up, so it was just blowing debris back into the pool!!!