Hoping you all can help with a mystery. I had my local pool construction company replace my skimmer and suction line. The old one was letting in air. The old line was buried underground and came up and connected to my pump. The new suction line runs above ground, goes up and come down into the pump. Other than that, nothing has changed. It seems to work for a while and then loses prime and I can’t get it to prime back up unless I turn off and close my pipes leading up to the solar heater on my roof.
This never happened with the old pipe, even though it let in air.
My pump is pretty old, as you can see from the pictures.
My only guess is that the problem is being caused by the fact that the suction side pipe goes up above the level of the pump basket and that being above that level makes it prone to an air pocket, and the pump can’t recover by sucking enough water up and over that stretch of pipe. I’m not an expert, though. I inherited this pool when I bought the house less than a year ago and am learning as I go.
Thanks in advance for any help!
This never happened with the old pipe, even though it let in air.
My pump is pretty old, as you can see from the pictures.
My only guess is that the problem is being caused by the fact that the suction side pipe goes up above the level of the pump basket and that being above that level makes it prone to an air pocket, and the pump can’t recover by sucking enough water up and over that stretch of pipe. I’m not an expert, though. I inherited this pool when I bought the house less than a year ago and am learning as I go.
Thanks in advance for any help!
