Recent content by morning dipper

thanks for your comments, yep suck from main bottom drain (dedicated line) would make sense

hello, putting together a new pool build and pump house and want to plumb in an emergency fire fighting outlet using pool pumps and water from pool. Have two pumps, main 1.5 hp pool pump and booster pump for polaris. Pool pump has volume, while booster gives greater pressure on lower volume. Any...

thx poolman, will struggle to get check valve in before pump (space), so will probably put it between pump and filter. Also was worried about leaves etc clogging it, so water should be free of debris after pump strainer. Once system is primed and full, am I right in thinking (if leak free as in...

good morning, new pool build happening (in ground concrete) and pump house is about 25m/80ft from pool (yep best solution) with pump about 1m/3ft above water level. Pump is a Poolex Variline VS 1.5HP, which is self priming, manual states do not exceed max 3m/10ft lift (pump above water level)...

@Bill1974 that's an approach i get, building something to do the job properly. That (stainless fitting) should last a while. I might end up with those floating lights....:)

Like the blue, looks great, but still has electricity in water bit....

have had a few pools over the years and have never had TF lights, fix 'em and they work for a bit. So I'm a bit anti lights (from trouble pov), but like the night time scene when working. Presently on a new build (inground concrete)and one side of the pool is above ground (land is terrassed), ie...

thanks all for your input

well that's what i'm trying to establish (rogue currents). SWG maybe, salt water, dissimilar metals - if not in the pool my house has aluminium and copper and steel and all sorts in the water system. I'm a boat man and I know salt water and different metals causes problems, and i'm trying to...

Reading around I found some threads on galvanic action, and my reading of this (for pools anyway) was for peace of mind install some zinc anodes, but generally galvanic action in pools was pretty insignificant. With a water link to a house with more metal (taps and fittings and washing machines...

Thanks for replies, yep backflows and avoiding possible water contaminations will be taken care of, but my 'worry' is about rogue electrical currents and metal fatigue via galvanic action. Is that an issue in pools/connected houses via a water link. Perhaps a pvc pipe and pvc backflow valve will...

Hello, at the design stage for a newbuild inground concrete pool about 50,000litres, with SWG. Previous pool had an auto fill system which used a redundant sprinkler zone feed, rerouted to squirt water into the pool from pool house roof. Air delivery. A few minutes a day was usually sufficient...

Poolgate, I can't see much wrong with your suggestion. Will definitely check with local authorities because they will help......:)

FYI pressures up to max 6 bar unregulated, regulated to feed house on 3 bar (43psi)

Hi and thanks for replies. I am in rural France and do not know the reason for the two separate (metered and valved) lines. (Used to be two rates too here for domestic and irrigation; but no longer.) Through this first winter in the house water supply on one single supply is good. But as I want...