Troubleshooting Articles

• Chemicals
• Filters
• Heaters
• Motors
• Pumps
• Vinyl Liners
• Three fun-filled seasons at the pool
• Your Questions Answered

Pool & Spa Safety

• Ultra-Loc Safety Cover  (3-12-06)           
• Baby-Loc Deluxe fence (3-12-06)
• Life Saver, Removable Mesh Pool Fence (3-3-05)
• Learning The Options For 'Layers Of Protection'  (3-3-05)
• Is Your Pool Cover This Safe?  (3-3-05)
• Anti-Hair Snare Plus (3-3-05)
• Symposium Tackles Pool Safety Issues
• Public Swimming Pool Inspections
  • Hayward Pool Automation and Alarms

Water Chemistry, Leaks, and Vinyl

• 12 Steps to Insure Proper Water Testing(5-15-06)
• Basic Water Testing Methods(5-15-06)
• Different Testing for Public Pools & Spas?(5-15-06)
• Recommendations for care of vinyl liner swimming pools (4-13-06)
• Leak Seeking (4/10/06)
• Good as New (2/07/06)
• How specialty chemicals work to aid water quality   (1/31/06)
• How Enzyme Use Can Extend The Life Of Spa Water (3-18-05)
• Controlling Metals: An Essential Part Of Water Maintenance (3-18-05)
• Vinyl Liners Present Their Own Set of Challenges  (3-3-05)
• Vinyl  (3-3-05)
• Telltale Signals Point You To Pool & Spa Leaks  (3-3-05)
• High-Tech Tools Join Tried -&-True In Leak-Locating Arsenal  (3-3-05)
• Upside & downside of pool & spa sanitizers  (6-6-04)
• Your Questions Answered
• Specialty Chemicals
• Sanitizers protect swimmers from disease
• Study reveals effects of 'aggressive' water chemistry on pool/spa finish
• Common water problems from POOLIFE Solution Center
• What to look for when you suspect a leak
• Water balance is especially critical in vinyl pools
• Water-Saving Tips From NESPA
• Chlorine Dioxide- A New Sanitzer For Public Pools? ...Lots Of Downsides
• Liner Repair Can Be Easy - If You Know Proper Techniques
• Proper installation is key to long liner life
• Vinyl presents opportunities for savvy service technician
• New Vinyl-Liner Standards Developed
• Stains, Etching etc.
  • Application technique, not water chemistry, blamed for spot etching
  • Possible breakthrough in solving vinyl staining

Pumps and Motors

• What do you need to understand to pick the right pump? Hydraulics!
• The Fundamentals Of Pump Installation
• The buzz on motors
• Motor repair
• Hayward Pumps and Motors specifications
  • Max-Flo
  • NorthStar
  • Power Flo LX
  • Power Flo II Pumps
  • Super II Pumps
  • Super Pump

Filtering Systems

• Proper filter maintenance helps keep your customers happy
• Recommended Procedure For Cleaning A D.E. Filter
• Multiport Valve Helps Control Filter Operation
• Procedure To Clean A Cartridge Filter
• Backwash Process For High-Rate Sand Filter
• Be Sure To Match Filter To Proper Flow Rate
• Hazards of D.E.
• Each Type Of Filter Has Its Own Rate
• Hayward Filtering Systems specifications

  In-Ground

  • Sand
    • Pro Series Plus spherical side-mount
    • Pro Series side-mount
    • Pro Series top-mount
    • Pro Series High-Rate
  • D.E. Earth
    • Perflex Extended Cycle DE Filter Models EC65 & EC75
    • Perflex
    • Perflex Systems
    • Pro-Grid Vertical Grid
  • Cartridge
    • Star-Clear
    • Star-Clear Plus
    • SwimClear Quad-Cluster

  Above-Ground

  • Sand
    • S230T Sand Filter System
    • Pro Series High-Rate
  • D.E. Earth
    • Perflex Systems
  • Cartridge
    • A.S.L. Premium Full-Flow Filter
    • Easy-Clear Above-Ground Full-Flo Element Filter Systems
    • Star-Clear
    • Star-Clear Plus

Chlorine Generators

• AQ-RITE model
• Maintenance Techniques For Chlorine-Generator Cells
• Water-Chemsitry Guidelines For Electrolytic Chlorine Generators
• Properly Plumbing An In-Line Generator

Heaters and Solar Systems

• Trying a heater on for size(1-31-06)
• You Spoke We Listened - You New 2005 Raypak Heater  (3-3-05)
• Preventative maintenance keeps heaters operating smoothly  (3-3-05)
• Heat Pumps Offer Yet Another Pool Heating Alternative (3-3-05)
• Heat Pumps - The enviromentally-friendly, reliable and efficient way to heat a swimming pool (3-3-05)
• Glossary Of Heater Terms
• 6 customer heater complaints & what you can do to fix them
• 6 Key Design Elements for Successful Solar Installation
• Give heater a check as customers seek to extend swimming season
• Solar Heat: Tapping into the Sun's Energy
• Spa Heaters CSPA Series Heaters
• Gas Heaters Improving Efficency and Troubleshooting Through Microchip Technology
• Technology Allows Monitoring Of Exhaust Temperature
• Giving heaters  a helping hand
• Restoring the heat
• Trying a heater on for size
• What's what with warmer water?
• Hayward Pool & Spa Heaters specifications
  • Hayward HeatPro heat pump
  • H-Series Pool & Spa Heaters
  • H-Series  Pool & Spa Heaters Above Ground

Automatic Pool Cleaners

• When Closing Pools, Cleaners Need Special Attention(1-31-06)
• Some Trouble-Shooting Tips For automatic Cleaners(1-31-06)
• Automatic cleaners help pools look best always(1-31-06)
• Hayward Pool Cleaners
  • AquaBug
  • Navigator
  • Pool Vac Ultra
  • Pool Vacuums
  • Viper

Hayward Chlorine Feeders

• Automatic Chlorine Feeders

Hayward Valves

• 2-Way & 3-Way PSV Diverter Valves
• Vari-Flo Multiport Valves
• Vari-Flo XL

Hayward Pool Automation and Alarms

• Pool Boss
• Pool System Actuators

Spas

• How Enzyme Use Can Extend The Life Of Spa Water  (3-18-05)
• Spa service requires understanding of chemistry
• Steps To Take When Closing A Spa For Winter
• Spa Heaters CSPA Series Heaters
• Nontuberculous Mycobacteria In Indoor Hot Tubs
• Restoring the warmth
• The hot water edge
• The language of spa packs
• What seems to be the matter?
• Rigid Hot Tub COVERS (7-19-04)

Winterizing and Opening

• Some Practical Advice On Startup Techniques (3-17-06)
• Phosphate Control Becoming A Regular Part Of The Winterizing Routine  (3-3-05)
• Winterizing can help prepare you for spring

Gunite Pools

• Take extra care to avoid 'popping' pool (4-9-05)
• How Do You Calculate A Pool's Painted Surface? (4-9-05)
• Bet He'll Never Do THAT Again!
• Pool Popping: Your Worst Nightmare

Misc.

• Hayward Splash technical publication Volume 3 Issue 1  (4-10-06)
• Techs face 'Double Whammy' price hikes  (4-25-05)
• Protect Automatic Cleaners When Closing Pools For Season  (3-3-05)
• Vinyl pools continue to grow in popularity
• Guide to proper piping connections
• New Innovations
• 10 Pool Rules