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Thanks, that's very helpful. That much, at least, I was clear on. I don't doubt this, but I don't have enough knowledge with this stuff yet to figure out a mechanism of action for harm to the equipment. What's the extra risk to the equipment?

The outlet side (red arrow) is the one that concerns me.

I don't hate that idea. I may eventually do it. But it seems more difficult than fixing what's there. I trust my skills with Teflon tape and screwdrivers more than my skills with measuring and solvent welding new pipe.

I have a Pentair Rainbow Model 300 trichlor feeder. (It only gets used when I'm out of town.) I haven't had it dialed on in months, but there is a drip leak on the outlet side tubing at the pipe collar going into the return line. I ordered a well-reviewed (always taken with a grain of salt) kit...

Can this be fixed? That's a joke. I don't know how that thing was starting the pump at all. Manufactured in 2013. It fell apart in my hands when I was trying to get the terminals separated. Put the new one on and it's running well. Thank you, @ajw22.

My spillover spa has a dedicated Hayward pump with a Century motor. The pump badge is too faded to get any information from, but I'm pretty sure it's an old Super. The motor is about ten years old judging from the previous owner's notation with a paint pen on the motor. Lately when I turn it...

Pool Water 1 part vodka 1 part lime juice 1 part blue curaçao

I doubt the last one I was in was TFP certified, but it was owned by a chemical engineer who worked for a water-treatment facility. Again, I'm definitely in the minority. I think I'm cursed with being able to taste it more than others... which is weird, because I salt my food like there's no...

Make sure that you've been in a salt-water pool before going that route. I'm definitely in the minority, but I'm one of those people who find it to be like swimming in beef broth. The five minutes a day it takes me to add liquid chlorine is well worth it to me. Wal-Mart delivers the chlorine to...

Ah, thanks. Next time I get in I'll do an inventory. My memory at this time is that at least a few of them are crescent shaped, but I'll have a better idea of what to look for now that I know that there's a such thing as rebar rust creeping through the finish.

I suppose that's a job for a PebbleTec rep. (?) At least you've saved me the trouble of trying to scrub out the rebar stains with vitamin C tablets. It might be time to get the scuba gear out of storage for the nail marks.

Heh. Yeah, I removed a few myself and the robot got a few too. So what's to be done about rebar rust? Get used to it? There are other spots that look the same. There are definitely some marks that coincided with nails that I retrieved myself, but I haven't tried vitamin C on any but the...

This is snapped from above water. It's the one that got the Vitamin C tablet.