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Sometimes with the inflatable plugs you can unscrew the air line to the plug after installing it. So you could install the plug from the "dry end" of the line and then unscrew the air line and leave the plug in place for replumbing. Of course, some of the "mud" would spill from going this way...

Power to the load and either the load works or it dosent. If there is no water around the element, you can unhook the wires from the element and check for an ohm reading across the terminals. If you have any reading of restiance, the element is not completely burned out. There still could be...

If you loosten the 4 or 6 bolts/nuts around the perimiter of the valve, it may leak a little "fluid", but the whole slide assembly is built into the middle part of that valve. Unbolting it all together is, by design, for the ability to replace the defective slide assembly without having to...

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Dont leave a Plasma TV in freezing weather or you will never see a picture on it again....

A small trouble light or a small space heater mounted in the area, under there, could provide enough heat to prevent a freezup...

We use Vlaterra valves on spas... The stainless shaft that goes into the valve SCREWS into the slide (the part that actually is the valve inside). I would guess that the shaft came unscrewed from the internal part. Try and disconnect the cable and put the shaft to the closed position and try...

As a prospective new buyer, and watching this topic closely, I am pleased to see someone attempt to find a working solution to the problem. On the other hand, I am very disappointed in Heartland's responses and solution to this problem and has me giving second thoughts to purchasing their...

Delorme PN-40SE - A great unit and paperless geocaching!