Recent content by dlukin

I don't have a weir door on the skimmer, water level is at the 3/4 mark on the skimmer opening. I get same suction results (low rate of water) regardless of valve setting (skimmer + main open, skimmer only open, main only open). My pool is @23000 gals, I'm using 48gal/min for 8hr turnover rate...

More air than water. At 3450RPM the basket will be roughly 50% filled with water, I can see the input stream coming in from the suction line (it's a pretty strong stream coming in, not like it's just dribbling in, but not enough to fill the basket completely). So there's a lot of turbulence in...

Hi All - I replaced old 3/4 HP single speed pump (fried motor) with a new 1 HP dual speed pump. Issue is that the new pump has very low suction - when running on high speed the pump basket is barely half full, on low speed maybe 25% full of water. Old pump This happens regardless of suction...