I just built my 2nd pool! I followed TFP methods for maintaining my first pool and had zero issues and plan to do it again! You guys are great!
Ok so I decided on this pool to do an auto fill... I didn't like the idea of having another opening in the cement so my idea was to have the autofill far away from the pool.. near the pumps... so basically what I did was add an extra return in the pool wall... connected to 1.5 inch piping... and ran it about 1.5 ft lower than the pool water level over to the pump pad.... connected the pipe to a round water tank that would hold the float valve... when filling the pool for the first time as the water level got to the pipe it started to fill my water tank as well... when the pool was finished filling all water was level...
The problem is that when I add water to the tank... it doesn't raise the water in the pool... if I pump water out of the tank... it immediately fills the tank back up with pool water.. as expected... but why wouldn't it work the other way? If I add water to the tank it just fills up and stays full, and is higher than the pool water... why wouldn't it level the water out? I would guess that the pressure in the pool is higher but it shouldn't matter when dealing with water level...
What am I missing?
Ok so I decided on this pool to do an auto fill... I didn't like the idea of having another opening in the cement so my idea was to have the autofill far away from the pool.. near the pumps... so basically what I did was add an extra return in the pool wall... connected to 1.5 inch piping... and ran it about 1.5 ft lower than the pool water level over to the pump pad.... connected the pipe to a round water tank that would hold the float valve... when filling the pool for the first time as the water level got to the pipe it started to fill my water tank as well... when the pool was finished filling all water was level...
The problem is that when I add water to the tank... it doesn't raise the water in the pool... if I pump water out of the tank... it immediately fills the tank back up with pool water.. as expected... but why wouldn't it work the other way? If I add water to the tank it just fills up and stays full, and is higher than the pool water... why wouldn't it level the water out? I would guess that the pressure in the pool is higher but it shouldn't matter when dealing with water level...
What am I missing?