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Thank you for your input neighbor. I am an totally newbie and got scared about draining the pool completely from some of the posts here. I can order the pump and have the pool drained and refilled quickly (have one of those sprinkler valves which add fresh water quickly) but just have been...

Can I use my suction side vacuum to drain my pool. I have a cartridge filter and I can connect a hose to the pressure relief valve to a sewage drain in the backyard. Has anyone tried this? Can I do it to replace 20% of water every day for a few days in order to lower my CYA?

Just reporting that the outside outlets pictured in the post above are indeed GFCI protected. The TEST button was in the breaker box and I was able to successfully determine that I can use those outlets for the sump pump to drain the water. Now, I need to research if there are any other...

Aye Aye Captain.

Kitchen is 40 ft away. Bathroom one is much closer.

That's a great idea. The outlets are inverted because there is a switch right of it. I'm going to test them out with switch and then TEST the bathroom GFCi and check them again. Will report back in the morning.

Thanks for your input. I will order one soon.

Yes, I did add the initial 5 drops. If I didn't my CH will be even more.

The panel above the outlets is the breaker box for the pump. I am going to be doing a remodel soon and will switch all outside outlets to GFCI compliant outlets.

Attached is the picture of what is in the housing. But, I have a door 5-6ft to the right of that outlet for downstairs bathroom and it has a GFCI outlet with TEST/RESET buttons so worse come worse I can run a 12 gauge extension cord from it to the pump. GFCI is not an issue anymore.

Thanks. I will go with the 1HP version.

I did open the outlet and checked that there are no TEST/RESET buttons.

The outlet is within the housing which is circled in the picture. It does not have the TEST/RESET buttons.