I would take a garden hose without a nozzle on it and slowly run it over all connections on your suction side. When you hit the leak the air bubbles will stop. I always feel that tightening and taking things apart before you know where the problem is looking for trouble.
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Great idea. Sort of like the soapy water test for natural gas connections, etc.
The switch does work correctly now. It was a simple fix. I'm surprised the manual doesn't say anything about it. The only thing it points out is grounding and bonding.
The switch does work correctly now. It was a simple fix. I'm surprised the manual doesn't say anything about it. The only thing it points out is grounding and bonding.
Shaving cream has been mentioned on the forum a number of times but no one ever seems to have success with it. I know it never worked for me.
The manuals usually don't mention anything about the electrical connection because the motor manufactures tend to change up the connection terminal design seemingly at random.
All good. No more bubbles.
I disconnected the in and out of the pump and aligned the whole thing a little better. The o ring seals tightened down well and it took care of the problem. I hadn't permanently mounted the pump so it was easy. Once those are done correctly there isn't much reason to ever undo them so it should be fine for a good while.
I'm especially glad to have the switch working correctly, thanks to the responses here.
So now I'm wondering about the rate of chlorine that is produced by the SWG at the different speeds. Does it produce half the amount of chlorine if the pump is at half speed? Or, is it doing the same amount no matter the speed or volume of water passing by?
I'm sure I'll need to rethink how long the pump runs and at what %.
I disconnected the in and out of the pump and aligned the whole thing a little better. The o ring seals tightened down well and it took care of the problem. I hadn't permanently mounted the pump so it was easy. Once those are done correctly there isn't much reason to ever undo them so it should be fine for a good while.
I'm especially glad to have the switch working correctly, thanks to the responses here.
So now I'm wondering about the rate of chlorine that is produced by the SWG at the different speeds. Does it produce half the amount of chlorine if the pump is at half speed? Or, is it doing the same amount no matter the speed or volume of water passing by?
I'm sure I'll need to rethink how long the pump runs and at what %.
The SWG production is independent of the flow rate of the pump.
So if you run for longer on low speed, you will need to set the % lower than if you ran the pump on high for shorter periods of time to generate the same amount of FC.
So if you run for longer on low speed, you will need to set the % lower than if you ran the pump on high for shorter periods of time to generate the same amount of FC.
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