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    Dolphin cayman- “leaking” debri

    This cleaner is consistently leaking debri, it appears it is coming through the top. Any thoughts on repair? It occurs on pleated ultra fine basket also.
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    Draining pool

    just looking for pooling water ?
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    Draining pool

    hello, Ill be draining my pool in half this weekend to cut cya down before summer this will be my first time doing this. I’m in San Antonio, tx it’s been fairly dry the last few years, do I need to worry about the pool popping out? I estimate the pool to be about 20,000 gallons, I rented a 60...
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    New filtration system

    Yeah not sure sure why it’s so close. There’s capped plumbing about 10ft down to the left. Whoever re ran the plumbing moved it much closer to the breakers. I have several feet to the left. Yes debri returning to the pool. Pool is full sun but surrounded by neighboring trees. Constantly...
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    New filtration system

    Hello all, I have a pretty straight forward setup. I upgraded to a vs pump about 2 years or so ago. I’m now looking to change up the filtration system. I’m over this cartridge cleaning, and im finding some blow back, I’ve tried new filters making sure they are seated well but no luck. The filter...
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    Dirt passing through filter

    That’s about 2 days worth! I’m heavily tree’s around here, so the last three weeks have been war. I blew off my roof today and should be about done with this spring mess. What was strange about that pic is the debris is mostly in the upper third of the filter. Cleaned it again today and it was...
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    Dirt passing through filter

    I’m pretty sure, I replaced the dirty one with one from Amazon, thought that was the issue so I picked up a Hayward from my local pool supply. I’ll confirm tho. Where would it not seal, at the bottom? I feel like it sitting in their properly .
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    Dirt passing through filter

    Hello friends, I am comming home to a dirty pool most days, just finer debris sitting at the bottom of the pool. I thought I may be the robotic pool cleaner blowing dirt out the top. But I have been running the cleaner in the evening for its 3 hr cycle and waking up to a fairly clean pool. When...
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    Pool cleaner advice

    My Polaris booster pump has seemed to call it quits. It's only two years old. When I turn it on it hums for a few seconds then nothing. I replaced the starter capacitor thing on top but did not remedy the issue. The pool does not get too much debri, I was running the polaris a couple times a...
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    Polaris PB4-60 booster pump help

    Hello, my existing booster pump crapped out on me. I have owned the pool for 2 years so im not quite sure how old it was, but it looked pretty weathered and just stopped working the other day. I purchased a replacement and installed it identically to the previous. The replacement is pretty loud...
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    Quick connect fitting bursting off

    I have a quick connect hose connecting the Polaris pump to the return, I've had the pool for about a year, with no issue like this. Today after running for a couple hours the quick connect fitting just burst off. After some trouble shooting it stays on just fine when the pool pump is on but as...
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    Help diagnosing issue

    Found the issue finally... A lot of digging and frustration later I found a bad connection under ground, under the deck. Looks like they used some bs coupling.