My bug worked great last season but this year I will find it stopped in the pool not moving, I will pick it up and push on the feet to get them running again and it will stop again, what do I need to

Craig Butler

• 1730 Answers
• Posted on Jul 03, 2009

SOURCE: My pool pump is 2 months old. It is a Hayward 1hp

The capacitor is probably bad. It's under the cover on the side of the motor, Take a look and smell it. A motor shop has them, or Grainger


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SOURCE: what is the normal psi on a haward sand filter

i was told that between 9 to 12 psi is normal on all pool pumps.

SOURCE: cloudy brown dirt getting in my pool from sand pump

The dirt you are getting is most likely from the air, dirt and dust present in rainwater and the small amounts present on human bodies. It is settling out and going to the bottom. I recomend a vacuum attachment that connects to your pump/filter to keep this cleaned out. Basically it "plugs In" to the outlet on the pool and will get all that out for you.

SOURCE: SAND IN ABOVE GROUND POOL

First, the vacuum should easily pick up sand if the pump is working properly. The sand in pool may be coming through a cracked or broken lateral. If you changed the sand recently and did not prefill the tank with water, then this could be the reason. Plastic parts do fail eventually. Be sure that you perform the rinse cycle aftewr backwashing to settle the sand bed. Instructions on filter tank.

Testimonial: "this would have been more helpful if i knew what a lateral was. we did not recently change the sand. we cleaned and used the sand from last season. "

SOURCE: I changed my sand in the filter last month, when I

If the water is beginning to clear up, it doesn't sound like you have done anything wrong. You might just need to let your pool filter keep working. I would
a) make sure that your pH, chlorine, and alkalinity levels are correct. An inproper balance of chemicals might be causing the cloudyness.
b) Be sure Vari-Flo valve is set on “Filter” position.
c) Operate filter for longer periods.
d) Make sure that the flow rate through filter is sufficient.
e) Continue to backwash frequently.
Try this for a few days and let us know if you still don't notice a change.