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Expertise

Any questions regarding pool,spa pumps and motors. Any pool and spa operations, problems, chemistry and maintenance. Filters, Heaters, Cleaners,Salt Water Systems. Also consider solar power to heat your home, spa and pool using the power of the sun.

Experience in the area

Over 8 years as a field service technician in pools over 40 years as an electronic field service technician in process control and metrology (precision measurement). Having worked in depth with pool and spa leaks and solutions we are the experts. Years of rebuilding motors. Insulation testing and Solar power.

Organizations

ALLExperts spa volunteer ALLExperts pool volunteer

Publications

Perhaps one day pool and spa articles.

Education/Credentials

Electronics technology Pool and Spa certified tech Precision Measurement certified tech

Awards and Honors

AllExperts Volunteers of the Month

Past/Present Clients

Doctors, Dentist, Lawyers and their thieves.

What do you like about this subject?

I enjoy the challenge of problems and solutions

What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?

All I can and all I need to know. To advance the world into solar power as i firmly support and advocate the use of solar power.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:

Water chemistry while intimidating is quite simple. Have the water tested regularly if you are new to pools. Keep it balanced and consider solar heating.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject

A liner out of the coping, water behind liner, a winter cover coming out, pool losing water tends to freak people out, relax have a drink not a bird we have the solution.

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Recent Answers from roger

2009-11-15 spa bubbles:

OK thanks. Herein lies the problem, blower jets are a seperate plumbing system of jets dedicated just to a blower which if no ordered or specified for the spa can not be added later. This feature must

2009-11-12 Making spa part of my pool:

Is the spa physically part of the pool as in do they share a wall, there are pools out there that have glass block walls between the pool and spa. Is this gonna be a window cut or a U cut like a spillover

2009-11-07 tiger flex pipe:

All we use on new pools is tigerflex also known as flexible PVC pipe, not sure what insects have to do with it. Is this a rain forest pool with PVC termites? We never use hard pipe underground as the weight

2009-11-07 DE Filter Problem:

Is there a check valve somewhere in the plumbing like the heater outlet. Here is what you can try. Disconnect the filter outlet to the pool such that heater is bypassed, Now rig up a way to connect your

2009-11-05 blowing fuse:

The flow switch does not control flow only measures it. How did that short occur ? lawnmower? Get water flowing first. Maybe the thermostat in the line is bad too. Are the water valves open? Don'y forget

 

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