I called out American Leak detection the other day and it cost me almost $700 to find a leak. I still have not verified the leak by cutting the concrete where they way the leak is, I will do that this weekend, but it was on of my skimmers going back to the equipment.
I did a bucket test though and was still seeing a bit too much water loss I thought so I turned off the pump and closed the hot tub valve and after about a day the hot tub was mostly drained. So now I think it is actually two leaks I have.
I drained the hot tub and I am running a bucket test right now with no pump running and the found leak skimmer suction closed. If that passes I will test with pump running. If that passes I will test with hot tub filled up but leak 1 return still closed.
I was thinking I could look for the hot tub (suspected) leak myself. I know that they cap all the returns but I am not exactly sure what else they do (i was at work) and I am wondering if I can just replicate it. I saw they had a scuba tank and from some testing they did a couple years ago I think they use some kind of bladder to block the pump side and then shoot air or water into the lines with everything blocked off and then listen for bubbling / leak sounds. I was wondering if I could just buy some plugs and some kind of listening device from Amazon and check for the second leak myself.
I found this site https://leaktronics.com/swimming-pool-leak-detection-equipment/ but it is way to expensive to be worth it.
This is more in the price range: Amazon.com
Any ideas or suggestions?
I did a bucket test though and was still seeing a bit too much water loss I thought so I turned off the pump and closed the hot tub valve and after about a day the hot tub was mostly drained. So now I think it is actually two leaks I have.
I drained the hot tub and I am running a bucket test right now with no pump running and the found leak skimmer suction closed. If that passes I will test with pump running. If that passes I will test with hot tub filled up but leak 1 return still closed.
I was thinking I could look for the hot tub (suspected) leak myself. I know that they cap all the returns but I am not exactly sure what else they do (i was at work) and I am wondering if I can just replicate it. I saw they had a scuba tank and from some testing they did a couple years ago I think they use some kind of bladder to block the pump side and then shoot air or water into the lines with everything blocked off and then listen for bubbling / leak sounds. I was wondering if I could just buy some plugs and some kind of listening device from Amazon and check for the second leak myself.
I found this site https://leaktronics.com/swimming-pool-leak-detection-equipment/ but it is way to expensive to be worth it.
This is more in the price range: Amazon.com
Any ideas or suggestions?
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