Pool heaters are an animal all of their own. Manuals are difficult to find, especially older material. Teledyne Laars, Ray Pak and Hayward are a couple of the major manufactures but Teledyne Laars makes it much easier to trouble shoot and correct errors. The attached parts manual covers the following Teledyne Laars pool heaters up [...]

You go out in you back yard one morning to roam around and enjoy the morning sun along with your coffee. You walk past you hot tub or pool equipment and notice it’s not running. You think to yourself, that’s funny, the equipment should be running. You check the on off switches and everything seems [...]

With hurricane IKE petered out, temperatures have dropped almost 25 degrees Fahrenheit overnight. Cold temperatures have always been the incentive to close up you pool and put it to bed for the winter. Be sure all your lines have been blown out with some kind of high volume air blower such as a Shop Vac [...]

That ugly scum line that builds up around the water level on spa is nothing less than disgusting in which I am sure we all agree. What is it from you ask? The scum line is from body oils and excessive use of an anti foam product to remove unwanted bubbles that look more like [...]

With high interest regarding spa pump leaks, specifically shaft seals, I decided to dig into my archives and see if I had a better break down. I was able to find an original Hayward Pump complete break down of parts. Although the break down looks like a swimming pool pump, the strainer housing is separate [...]