FLPoolGuy

When the automation system has control of the heater, the gas unit is set at it's highest temp of 104 degrees and will fire regardless of whether it is heating the pool or spa. Your automation system opens and closes the circuit to your heater and controls the individual temperatures you set for pool and spa. The settings menu of your Goldline system will allow you to adjust the individual pool and spa settings. Depending on your pool and location though it isn't unreasonable to only get 1 or 2 degrees an hour this time of year. Your heater is probably working just fine but needs a solar blanket or something to keep the heat in

Don't overload your pool with tablets in the cool months when you don't have the effects of the sun. Here in Florida we almost completely discontinue use of tablets during winter months because we don't have the degrading effects of the sun and we get very little rain to dilute the stabilizer. 55 ppm isn't a bad level to maintain, however here in Florida commercial pools can not be higher than 40 ppm in pools and zero in spas.

I resolved my issue with the Whisperflo and for anybody following the thread, the issue came from a missing diffuser o-ring. Although I knew the o-ring was missing when I took the pump apart, I was too lazy to drive to the distributor and figured it couldn't have that much effect on the operation. Again I'm a seasoned tech but time is money. I did however find that the pressure increased to 22 PSI and the paramount pops up began working another issue he wanted me to check out. Both the vacuum and pressure increased and all because of a little o-ring. Guess those engineers have me beat, and you can be assured I will have diffuser o-rings stocked in my van from now on. Thanks for the advice sent to me and I hope I can provide others with advice in the future.

I replaced the motor on a Whisperflo earlier this week and when I restarted the motor it began to squeal when it got a full prime. The sound is comparable to that of a slipping belt on a car. My first thought was the motor was bad out of the box and tried another motor. This problem continued with the new motor and is intermitent. Some times it may take 20 seconds to start and sometimes several minutes. The sound is not constant and can last eqaul periods of time. I first notice that when the sound starts the volute area of the pump begins to vibrate and their is a constant turbulant sound. The pump does not suck any air and runs at about 11 PSI normal and slightly higher around 12 PSI when it is making the noise. I removed the cartridge from the filter first to see if that had anything to do with the noise but it did not. I next removed the module from the paramount water valve and that did not correct the problem either. I have also isolated the skimmer and main drain each via the divertor valve and no improvement on either side. Today I am going to return and place a vac guage on the pump and see if I draw any excess vacuum, but if anyone has any other suggestions I am stumped and getting frustrated. I have also removed the motor from the pump under no load and cannot recreate the issue. I have worked on swimming pools for 11 years and never seen this before. Please Help