No, it doesn't. It stays the same after prime. There is no point at which the air pocket is gone.
Installed a new variable speed pump. Is this much air normal?
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I'd say you have a small hairline leak. If pump on prime doesnt clear it out theres air getting in somewhere. How long is your orine cycle. Can you time in on stopwatch and post for us
Come to think about it I had a pool this season with a similar problem. Low and behold it was a minute crack in the clear portion of the pump lid, to the side of it where it's covered by the lock down outer ring. Visually you could not see it if you tried but it showed up with the water hose method but not in the typical manner. After trying the water method on the lid and was almost giving up and starting to think out of the box I had turned off the pump to look at something when all of a sudden I see bubbling on the exterior top of the lid. The pump was pushing air out and through the crack it went where there was still water from the garden hose method. Well at that point it was clear to me. After a new lid was installed the problem was over.
Here's a video of it priming
It's about 27 seconds to prime.
So I tried it this morning and was not able to get the bubbbles to stop.
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Checked pump lid and both drain plugs? Those are easiest sources… surprised you didn’t find it there or at the unions.
UPDATE:
I had given up on this until today when I tried setting the filter multiport value to Recirculate. That solved the problem! Even better - when I switched the valve back to filter, still no air bubbles! Any idea why this worked?
I had given up on this until today when I tried setting the filter multiport value to Recirculate. That solved the problem! Even better - when I switched the valve back to filter, still no air bubbles! Any idea why this worked?
UPDATE 2:
The bubbles are back. They disappear only when the multiport valve is in recirculate. I'm stumped.
The bubbles are back. They disappear only when the multiport valve is in recirculate. I'm stumped.
PN1,
Recirculate just by-passes the filter. This means that either the filter itself is the problem, or that the multiport is the issue.
I know as my filter gets dirtier, the bubbles under my pump lid increase. For me these small bubbles never show up in the pool, so I don't worry about them.
When is the last time your filter was opened, the grids removed and cleaned, including the air relief tube?
Thanks,
Jim R.
Recirculate just by-passes the filter. This means that either the filter itself is the problem, or that the multiport is the issue.
I know as my filter gets dirtier, the bubbles under my pump lid increase. For me these small bubbles never show up in the pool, so I don't worry about them.
When is the last time your filter was opened, the grids removed and cleaned, including the air relief tube?
Thanks,
Jim R.
That makes sense. I had the filter cleaned about 6 months ago. I don't know if they cleaned the air relief tube. I just backwashed it this evening and the bubbles did go down a little bit. I think maybe the grids need be taken apart and cleaned again.
So even on circulate @ high speed, there's a tiny bubble at the top about the width of a pencil eraser. Is it even worth worrying about it? My biggest nightmare fear is an underground pipe leak.
PN1,
I would not worry about bubbles under the pump lid unless they cause other issues..
If the water in the pump basket keeps going down to where the pump is running out of water, that would be an issue.
If the air in the pump basket continually gets pushed into the filter and then out into the pool that would be an issue.
I have three IntelliFlo pumps, that all run at 1200 RPM most of the time. All three have some bubbles under the pump lid. I set up my automation system to ramp up the pump speed to 1800 RPM, a couple of times a day for an hour, or so, just purge most of the bubbles. I have been doing this on all three pools for a total of over 25 years and have not once had any issues with bubbles in the pools or the pumps running out of water.
For me anyway, I don't see a few bubbles under the pump lid as a problem.
Thanks,
Jim R.
I would not worry about bubbles under the pump lid unless they cause other issues..
If the water in the pump basket keeps going down to where the pump is running out of water, that would be an issue.
If the air in the pump basket continually gets pushed into the filter and then out into the pool that would be an issue.
I have three IntelliFlo pumps, that all run at 1200 RPM most of the time. All three have some bubbles under the pump lid. I set up my automation system to ramp up the pump speed to 1800 RPM, a couple of times a day for an hour, or so, just purge most of the bubbles. I have been doing this on all three pools for a total of over 25 years and have not once had any issues with bubbles in the pools or the pumps running out of water.
For me anyway, I don't see a few bubbles under the pump lid as a problem.
Thanks,
Jim R.
