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spa spillover to pool

Have a spa installed higher than a pool with one system....the spa overflows into a resevoir and then thru an equalizing line to the pool.....the difficulty is the equalizing line is too small 1 1/2" and the resevoir overflows...there has been a sugg

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Exploding Filters

Exploding Filters

All types of swimming pool filters operate under pressure.  If air is trapped in the filter and not released the air will continue to compress while the filter is operating.  Small amounts of air can work its way out of the filter bu

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"You Can't Do That, Brian"

A long, long time ago in a far, faraway place called the San Fernando Valley, I was chided by my boss with those words. I had dared ask to be paid by him to take apart, clean and reassemble filters. I was being paid $3.25 per visit to clean the pool

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BioFilm: The Hidden Accomplice

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Biofilm: The Hidden  Accomplice

     So many times when I hear the  word biofilm all I can conjure is the movie BioDome and how much the two are  alike.  They are two protective enclosures with living organisms that can  contain within themselves one

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The National Swimming Pool Foundation® (NSPF®) announces the Aquatic Play Feature™ (APF) online training course is now available in a new format, plus a Spanish version has also been launched. The new format offers better user interface, more interac

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Keiser University eCampus Publishes 2012 Class Schedule

for Online Aquatic Engineering Degree Program

Flexible schedule allows students around the globe

to earn a two-year Associate of Science Degree while they work.

 

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, January 9,

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Hayward H-series Heater
A couple of weeks ago I ran across a Hayward H-series heater (atmospheric, not low NOx) that failed to light. It would go through its start-up sequence: It activated the spark igniter and opened the gas valve and then fail to l
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