Hi everyone. We have a 15x30 Pool with an automatic pool cover for use in-season. We use a different pool cover once we close for the season. The problem I have is with the current solution to get rain water off the automatic pool cover. We have one of those little giant like sump pump enclosures that sits on the pool cover, connected to a 25ft garden hose that's supposed to drain water out into my yard. It's plugged into a professionally installed electrical outlet with GFI.
When it works.. it works. The problem we run into are any of the following or all together....
1. The pump just doesn't kick in. I'll go out. it'll be sitting in water. Not pumping. I'll pull it out. Turn it over. Water will drain out... I'll turn it back over and put back on the cover. Sometimes it works.. sometimes it doesn't. I'll do it a few times until it works. Or....
2. The GFI needs a reset. I'll reset the GFI... and it'll start pumping. Or....
3. The hose has been thrown back onto the pool deck by someone who mowed the yard. (we have a service) and it'll be kinked up. So I need to straighten it out, and then do #1 and/or #2.
The question I'm posing is.. is there a better solution than a sump pump... or is there something I'm doing wrong that causes it to not work.. Secondary, is there another option than running a hose out into the yard? I don't know what to ask for other than this doesn't seem to be a very reliable and built-in solution relative to everything else. Appreciate any thoughts!
When it works.. it works. The problem we run into are any of the following or all together....
1. The pump just doesn't kick in. I'll go out. it'll be sitting in water. Not pumping. I'll pull it out. Turn it over. Water will drain out... I'll turn it back over and put back on the cover. Sometimes it works.. sometimes it doesn't. I'll do it a few times until it works. Or....
2. The GFI needs a reset. I'll reset the GFI... and it'll start pumping. Or....
3. The hose has been thrown back onto the pool deck by someone who mowed the yard. (we have a service) and it'll be kinked up. So I need to straighten it out, and then do #1 and/or #2.
The question I'm posing is.. is there a better solution than a sump pump... or is there something I'm doing wrong that causes it to not work.. Secondary, is there another option than running a hose out into the yard? I don't know what to ask for other than this doesn't seem to be a very reliable and built-in solution relative to everything else. Appreciate any thoughts!
