Spa emptying out?

[mkelley]

Okay, I'll give this a shot (but it will have to wait until next weekend, as I'll be at work all this week). I assume I just unscrew it from the top of the valve somehow (valve handle just comes off?). I'll look more closely at it and see what gives.

The idea of something being stuck is interesting. And so if the valve can be purchased for $150 (or less) I guess you're saying a pool person charges $200 for 30 minutes of labor. I can see why you're in the pool repair business (<bg> actually, I truly appreciate you giving free help here. Also, I don't begrudge anyone making a living -- I used to make good money helping folks with computer problems, although I didn't make close to that per hour :>)

[mkelley]

Um, I'm back to this again (since I now have a lot more time to try and fix this as I retired "again").

Would this valve also work for this?

http://www.inyopools.com/Products/02100001004877.htm

As a rule I don't buy the cheapest thing I can find, but since the Jandy burned out in less than a year (with very little use) I'm thinking I'll get something cheap so if I have to I can replace it yet again. So does anyone know if this would be a good (or at least adequate) replacement for the Jandy?

[waste]

m, good to see you again, hope the holidays and new year were good for you - sorry it has to be about this same problem The Goldline valve is the one I have most often seen and will fit the valve (the only thing I'm not sure about is whether the Jandy was 24v - a 5:1 step down transformer, but I'm pretty sure they're the same). I don't know if hinejs is still keeping an eye on the forum but I am here most afternoons and am more than willing to help as I can.

I wish you good luck with getting this thing finally fixed and will offer all the help I can.

[hinejs]

these actuators are all the same, pick your most affordable option. I've not found anyone to rebuild these units. but I've got about 8 of them on the shelf I was going to rebuild once I had a few more in the pile.

[mkelley]

Thanks, guys. I'll order one of these things tomorrow and as soon as it gets here (probably by the end of the week) I'll give it a shot on installation (hines was right on about the price -- I was quoted $370 for the fix and while I don't mind paying for someone to do it this time, I'm guessing this won't be the last time one of the three of these valves I have goes bad so I might as well learn how to do this myself).

[mkelley]

Just a final message to let anyone who might be interested (yeah, right) know how this came out.

I ordered and got the Goldline valve actuator replacement and installed it yesterday. It was actually simplicity itself, but it took a little longer than it should since the instructions were sketchy and I didn't quite understand the fairly obvious (now) part of the way the thing fit on the valve itself (there is one smaller tab/slot that is the only way a actuator or handle can fit properly, but if you don't know this you can spend a lot of time wondering why the @#$#! the thing doesn't fit on).

While I could have spent $140 and let someone else do it for me (and at my ancient age this isn't such a bad investment) I'm really glad I did it because I now understand the valves part of my pool *so* much better, including the electrical panel the stuff all wires to. And next time an actuator goes bad (and it *will* happen :>) I am confident I can replace it in just a few minutes.

Thanks to waste and hinesjs who helped on this thread -- you really helped a lot, guys, and I never would have tried this without your encouragement. It's nice not to be at the mercy of the Pool Guys (even though some of you *are* those guys <g>)

(And the wife and I enjoyed our spa time greatly last night -- the spa will tide us over until pool season starts in another two months).