Forum: Pool Equipment & Operations

i have a Hayward in group pump that was humming loudly this year but not kicking on. I took the back off and cleaned up all the contacts nicely...

Hi, I have an 18,000 gal in ground salt pool with a 60 DE filter on an AutoPilot system. I opened the pool last week and found I had some water...

Pool light died, any suggestions for a new one, led?

Hi, first-time poster here, My 15,000-gallon pool and spa (2" piping) just got a new Hayward system (Ecostar 3400 VSP, ProGrid DE 6020 and 400 BTU...

I am trying to find a diagram of the selector valve for our filter. It is a 7 position filter for a Millennium sand filter. Any help would be...

Here is what happened..... I had a new Whisperflo installed and everything was fine for a year. For some reason the motor burned up so I changed...

Let me preface by saying I know very little about pools, but I am handy and an engineering student. I am home from college and my parent's pool has...

New here, first time post. I have a Hayward Vari-Flo valve. We have been having trouble with the gasket getting pulled and stretched and have had...

I have a Hayward H250 gas heater with electronic ignition Heater at first today had no light slit and nothing on control panel worked. There was...

I'm stumped. I have a 1hp Hayward super pump. I'm not sure how old as I just bought the house 2 years ago. When I opened the pool and went to start...

We have been getting a lot of rain around here lately. I have a brand new liner in my IG pool. The water level right now is just above the top of...

I have a 22 X 45 Gunite Rectangular Pool in PA. I have already replaced my Hayward TriStar Variables Speed Controller to operate my 3 Phase 3 HP...

UGH...so with our winter being tough and our pool losing a lot of water/wrinkles in the liner..it would seem our Aquacomfort heat pump has a broken...

Hi, I have a 15ft round pool 52" depth. I have a Doughboy Silica II filter(130lbs sand). I also have a Hayward Power-Flo LX 1.5hp pump ... 70gpm). ...

I had a mechanical switch and Aquarite saltwater system installed last week. Today I noticed when I went to turn on my pool pump that the breaker had...

1hp superpump with bearing problems and sand filter 15 years old. Local store sells waterway systems and I am thinking of changing it all for...

The title sounds silly, but bear with me. I'm not a pool expert, so I've applied the best logic I can without really knowing what's going in inside...

I am replacing my pool pump and just want to be sure I wired this correctly. I think my old pump was 120v and set my new pump to 120 as well. Both...

I have a fairly standard setup. 1.5 hp wisperflow main pump. .75 hp challenger booster pump, intermatic timer that controls both pumps, a SWG, and...

I ordered and replaced the valve on top of my sand filter with a SP0714T as the old one had a hairline crack in the housing. I opened the pool...

I have a Hayward 244T with top mount SP0714T valve. When I bought the place a couple years ago, I could tell the valve gasket was going out as I was...

I actually have a couple of questions or concerns. My water pressure is running near 40 and I cannot get it to reduce for anything. It pops the lid...

I'm currently replacing a Hayward Northstar 1hp pump which has been nothing but trouble with air leaks via the lid gasket for the past 5 years (I've...

I just fired up the Polaris for the first time this year and water is shooting out of the front holes. Is this just a seal that I can change or is...

I'm a DIY pool repair guy -- but only on my personal pool. I have an in-ground gunite pool with a DE filter. Having some issues, so thought I'd ask...

Hi everyone. Just registered today for the forum since my inground Grecian vinyl liner pool is almost finished. I was asking the electrician about...

Hi all, I have an inground pool with a DE filter. We took it apart this weekend to give it a good cleaning (which we do often and haven't had any...

My pump is 1 year old. I start filter and return jets pushing ut normal, but then after a while slows down and i see a lot of air in the pump...

i am replacing my old above ground and am considering a center drain for the new 24 foot round above ground. my wife likes to create a whirlpool and...

So here's the background: I have a 40x20 equivalent inground pool in central NJ. It has a 10x10 spa attached to it that spills over. We bought...