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Hi this is Francisco Cales in Tampa, Florida with Pool Inspectors on behalf of Expert Village.
Our theme for today is basic pool maintenance. The next steps we need to do is go ahead and
clean the basket inside the pump. One of our main things with pool maintenance is the chemistry,
filtration and circulation. The circulation and the filtration are directly affected by
the amount of debris that we have in our basket. So we are going to go ahead and turn off our
system, turn off our pump. We are going to use a rubber mallet to open our basket. When
you open your basket you want to inspect the o ring to make sure it is not cracked or worn
or tore up. Remove your basket from your pump and remove any debris. Return it to the system
and replace your basket. What you want to do at this point is check to make sure it
is not leaking. So what you want to do is turn on your filter again. If the pool or the pump has lost prime, you
want to make sure that it is circulating once again because if the pool loses prime and
it doesn't catch water you could actually burn out your pump and we have caught prime
so I can feel safe about my cleaning the basket in the pump.