ep89 Getting Ready For The Cooler Season

Send us Fan Mail Our first episode of our third season! Frank and Jacque talk more about some things you should do going into cooler season.Poolwerx.com ipssa.com00:00 introduction08:00 checking out your pool equipment area, is your equipment pad clean? Do not let your pad be overgrown with grass or be covered in dirt or debris. Watch out for the fire ants mounding up under your pump motor. Fire ants will mound up around your motor to take advantage of the heat. A clean equipment pad will help you identify leaks and other issues.09:00 your equipment pad should be level, an unlevel pad can stress your plumbing and equipment.11:05 don't allow the earth around the equipment pad build up to where it can put your equipment in a low spot, causing water to overflow the equipment pad, leading to corrosion or water damage to your swimming pool equipment. You can raise your equipment pad, or improve the drainage in the area so the pad is not in a low area.15:45 break16:25 clean your filter, have it operating at it's best going into the winter. Look for equipment leaks, address any issues that may worsen and become a serious problem. Take care of the problems before it is an emergency.18:50 shaft seal leaks can quickly destroy your pump motor21:55 look at your gutters and drainage around the pool equipment and pool area. these get damaged or altered, and can become very problematic even if they haven't been a problem before.23:55 check your heaters before you need it. make sure it's working well. clean out the heaters, maybe add mothballs into the cabinet of the heater, not in the burn chamber, to prevent critters from making your heater their winter home.24:55 check electrical conduits and wiring. repair any breaks or loose connections25:52 check and properly secure bonding wire28:50 check diverter and backwash valves for easy movement, replace orings on valves if questionable at all31:05 make sure pressure gauge is working properly. replace if questionable, and do a filter cleaning. record clean pressure and at one of the higher speeds you operate at regularly. use this pressure to check if system is operating properly32:50 check freeze protection, don't find out it didn't work after a freeze by the damage from the freeze. make sure pump is moving water if air temp is below freezing35:50 check weir doors and skimmer baskets, and pump baskets36:10 get a leaf cover early, these can get several weeks out on install. allsafepool.com Please give us a 5 star rating and a review, and contact us at [email protected] for questions and show ideas. Thank you