Hello all,
Many thanks for all the great info here, absolutely a gold mine of knowledge.
Set up a 12' Intex for my son in 2016. After lurking and reading a bunch here, replaced the goofy cartridge filter/pump with a 14" Intex sand filter, 1650 pump, and a separate SWG unit.
Awesome crystal clear pool with the 'oversize' filter. Don't anyone ever question changing to salt water set up, they work great.
At closing last fall, the pump wouldn't run and so it got put away without the last backflush as serious freezing temps were emanate that night.
I just pulled it out of storage and found the problem is the factory rocker switch frozen up.
First action was to come here to research the issue, finding several threads with the same problem.
Most suggestions are to forget the built in switch and use other timer and gfi, etc.
There is mention of a Hayward switch but the pic shows only 2 terminals, not 3. Of the few rocker switches I saw, none had the waterproof cover.
First I would like to confirm if anyone has ever found a direct replacement that fits (in the waterproof housing) without modification?
This is the little problem rocker:
Intex Pump Problem
I don't mind improvement modifications but right now I would like to go simple, easy, direct replacement.
Save the modifications for when we set up the 9'x18' in June ;-)
Sincere thanks,
Dave
PS: thanks for the great thread & video on deep cleaning the sand, I had thought of trying something like that but wasn't sure. Definite on the list before opening.
Many thanks for all the great info here, absolutely a gold mine of knowledge.
Set up a 12' Intex for my son in 2016. After lurking and reading a bunch here, replaced the goofy cartridge filter/pump with a 14" Intex sand filter, 1650 pump, and a separate SWG unit.
Awesome crystal clear pool with the 'oversize' filter. Don't anyone ever question changing to salt water set up, they work great.
At closing last fall, the pump wouldn't run and so it got put away without the last backflush as serious freezing temps were emanate that night.
I just pulled it out of storage and found the problem is the factory rocker switch frozen up.
First action was to come here to research the issue, finding several threads with the same problem.
Most suggestions are to forget the built in switch and use other timer and gfi, etc.
There is mention of a Hayward switch but the pic shows only 2 terminals, not 3. Of the few rocker switches I saw, none had the waterproof cover.
First I would like to confirm if anyone has ever found a direct replacement that fits (in the waterproof housing) without modification?
This is the little problem rocker:
Intex Pump Problem
I don't mind improvement modifications but right now I would like to go simple, easy, direct replacement.
Save the modifications for when we set up the 9'x18' in June ;-)
Sincere thanks,
Dave
PS: thanks for the great thread & video on deep cleaning the sand, I had thought of trying something like that but wasn't sure. Definite on the list before opening.
