Adding a second Return Jet

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john&lisa

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Jan 15, 2021
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Charleston, South Carolina
Pool Size
18000
Surface
Vinyl
Chlorine
Liquid Chlorine
Hello all,

Brand new member, I've enjoyed the site so far, it provides a lot of valuable information. We just put up an 18X33 oval at the end of last summer, so we used it for maybe 3 weeks then closed it down. My question is, with a pool this size, is a second return jet needed? It seems like one doesnt really handle the job like it did on our 21' round pool we had before. I'm curious of your thoughts, as I may run the second line before I open it back up for the new year.

Thanks,
John
 
Welcome to TFP John,

I upgraded mine to hard pipe and have 1 skimmer, 1 suction side cleaner port and 2 returns on 1 side of the pool and it works good, not great but the oval does not circulate well unless there are returns on more than 1 side... if you do add another return try to put it on a different wall than what you have now.. :)
 
cowboycasey said:
Welcome to TFP John,

I upgraded mine to hard pipe and have 1 skimmer, 1 suction side cleaner port and 2 returns on 1 side of the pool and it works good, not great but the oval does not circulate well unless there are returns on more than 1 side... if you do add another return try to put it on a different wall than what you have now.. :)
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Yeah I was looking at putting it on the opposite wall pretty much adjacent from where the original one is. Do you have any issues with winterizing and pipes freezing? I'm not the best plumber and I'm not exactly sure how I would empty that pipe out before I winterize.
 
I would put it on a short wall so you can get some circulation going.. I use a shop vac and blow the water out, it does take some time doing it but I do get all the water out :)
 
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