Recent content by Oldsnoopy6

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    Pump won’t prime

    It worked! Your advice worked! Thank you so much 😃 I’ve been a lurker here for a number of years. We’re new to owning a pool, but we’ve had a hot tub and this forum has always been a wealth of great information.
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    Pump won’t prime

    Okay, will do. It may take me a bit of time to report back here. My husbands in a work meeting. Thank you so much for your help! 😃
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    Pump won’t prime

    Okay, so we tried filling the pump. When we turn it on, the water level in there lowers and it doesn’t prime. When we turn the pump back off, water fills somewhat back into pump. The water level is okay I believe. Slightly below the halfway mark. We’re expecting rain later today, so we were...
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    Pump won’t prime

    Eventually, yes we did put it back to the filter setting. But, only after the we could not get prime in backwash when we turned the system back on. We used that hose because we couldn’t find the rolled up hose typically used for backwash. I was holding it in place while my husband was at the...
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    Pump won’t prime

    Thank you for the welcome 😃 Here are some photos. I hope I added them correctly.
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    Pump won’t prime

    We were backwashing the filter and the hose popped off. We turned the pump off right away. But, now it won’t prime at all. When we tuned off the pump when the water was spewing everywhere, I recall a sound like water was draining somewhere. Please help. We’re trying to get a hold of our pool...