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Right, but what would that be done? The ball valves control small water fountains (1 each) and are closed most of the time. I assume it's safe to close off that port completely at the Jandy. Oh I just realized. This way the bottom (return) can't be dead headed either. That's likely the reason...

The large vertical pipe at the bottom of 3-way Jandy valve goes to the pool return. The 3 small pipes coming out of the right side of the Jandy go to 3 individual fountains coming out of the side of the pool. Each ball valve controls one fountain. I keep them closed to minimize pH rise and only...

Hi, I've gone through multiple threads and figured out what I think I need to do, but I still have a couple of questions I wanted to ask help with. I found out today after opening one of the ball valves for my pool fountain that it's leaking (red arrow in pic below). I can't see any water...

Oops. Updated the results.

Back story: House in Dallas, TX. Moved into the house in December. The pool had a "katch-a-kid" cover on it during the cold months. It had a couple of small leaks around the skimmer opening and a light fixture that got fixed. I removed the pool cover today to clean the pool a little bit and get...

I'm in North Texas and when checking on the pool equipment during our freeze here I noticed that quite a bit of ice formed around the pool pump. I obviously have a leak, but I'm surprised how big it seems from the amount of ice that formed. I didn't notice much moisture around the pump when I...