I don't know why the equipment issues always happen in March, as the water is warming up!! Anyway, my pump (which I've been using for the past 3 months or so with rusted bearings---incredibly loud, but still working enough for the few hours daily I needed to run it) finally gave up and died yesterday. So...new one to be delivered in the next 3 days, hoping I can get it installed without too much of a delay. Fortunately, I had just shocked the pool before I left the house, so hopefully won't have too much cleaning up to do once the new pump is installed!