Filter pump losing suction

[Jimrahbe]

Fishy,

Yep... Sounds like the typical weir stuck up failure mode.

The pump should not be able to suck more water out of the skimmer basket than can fall in from the pool. If the weir basket is stuck up, it keeps the water from quickly getting into the skimmer basket and the pump starves for water.

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[Fishy1234]

Fishy,

Yep... Sounds like the typical weir stuck up failure mode.

The pump should not be able to suck more water out of the skimmer basket than can fall in from the pool. If the weir basket is stuck up, it keeps the water from quickly getting into the skimmer basket and the pump starves for water.

Thanks,

Jim R.

Fishy,

Yep... Sounds like the typical weir stuck up failure mode.

The pump should not be able to suck more water out of the skimmer basket than can fall in from the pool. If the weir basket is stuck up, it keeps the water from quickly getting into the skimmer basket and the pump starves for water.

Thanks,

Jim R.

Ok thank you. Unfortunately my parts wont arrive until next week, so ill probably put it in service mode until then, and manually start it when I am home. Otherwise it might burn up the pump while away.

 

[1poolman1]

Ok thank you. Unfortunately my parts wont arrive until next week, so ill probably put it in service mode until then, and manually start it when I am home. Otherwise it might burn up the pump while away.

Just run the system without the floating weir until the correct one arrives. Probably 50% of the pools I visit don't even have a weir. Pool will filter, just not skim. Not a big issue for a short while.

 

[wireform]

Without the weir door it will skim too but not efficiently.

 

[Fishy1234]

Just run the system without the floating weir until the correct one arrives. Probably 50% of the pools I visit don't even have a weir. Pool will filter, just not skim. Not a big issue for a short while.

I understand. and considered doing that but we are starting to get falling Ieafs in the pool, and id rather pick them out of the skimmer basket instead of the pump.

 

[Jimrahbe]

Fishy,

I think the idea was to remove the floating weir but leave the skimmer basket in place.

Thanks,

Jim R.

 

[Fishy1234]

Fishy,

I think the idea was to remove the floating weir but leave the skimmer basket in place.

Thanks,

Jim R.

I did not know that the inner basket could be used. I was thinking it is the part that floats up, and the solid outter section stayed down