thanks PoolDoc,

Ok, you convinced me (not that I needed much convincing to avoid a fatal shock). Let me ask a slightly different question. I've already put $500.00 into the pool this month as I have had to do about 4 major/minor things that all seemed to break at once. Based on what I've described, am I looking at something that will be costly (over $200.00) to have repaired? I don't really have the money this month and can live without a light until later in the season, but getting someone out here to assess would cost me a service call only to turn them down if the cost is excessive. I realize you don't have much info as to the cause of the issue, but from your experience do you think this could be expensive?

thanks