After doing some repair/patch work to a bench crack and some other annoyances, I'm still experiencing water loss. Filled pool back up this week to top of spa wall. Turned off water and waited 24 hours. Meter shows 400 gallons used to bring it back up to top of wall.
We have a large surface area, 20x50 pool in full Phx AZ sun. Roughly 104 and dry yesterday. Very slight breeze. I may be willing to concede upwards of 125 gallons to evaporation. That's based on some generic calculations from an engineer that also lives in AZ but I don't know if that's accurate.
In any event, 400 gallons is high. 12K per month loss?
So, I need to chase it down. I figure I should probably go thru the process of elimination and wonder if anyone has had luck with leak detection services?
Also, if I go thru the process of eliminating plumbing do I cover all returns at once? I have a dedicated vac port on side as well. I assume plug it. Then if pool continues to drop it would suggest main drain or leak in basin?
If you have gone thru this process before I'd like to hear if you had success and the steps you took.
Thank You,
Jeff
We have a large surface area, 20x50 pool in full Phx AZ sun. Roughly 104 and dry yesterday. Very slight breeze. I may be willing to concede upwards of 125 gallons to evaporation. That's based on some generic calculations from an engineer that also lives in AZ but I don't know if that's accurate.
In any event, 400 gallons is high. 12K per month loss?
So, I need to chase it down. I figure I should probably go thru the process of elimination and wonder if anyone has had luck with leak detection services?
Also, if I go thru the process of eliminating plumbing do I cover all returns at once? I have a dedicated vac port on side as well. I assume plug it. Then if pool continues to drop it would suggest main drain or leak in basin?
If you have gone thru this process before I'd like to hear if you had success and the steps you took.
Thank You,
Jeff