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Will do. So here is a succint of a story as I can tell before I get to my crucial questions. Turns out, I think I have two separate leaks: 1. Pool leaking out to my unused built-in spa (which is covered by a deck, hence didn't know this was happening until looking the other day) 2. Skimmer has...

I'm going to start a new thread as the situation on the ground here is substantially different from where we left our hero. I don't want to bore everybody with the whole story, so I'll start up a new thread asking a crucial question on solving my leak in the best way possible. Thanks for the...

Thanks again for the good info. FWIW, my leak tests are now going into day 5 and the water level has gone substantially below the skimmer entrance. This is a bummer as I was really hoping for a relatively simple explanation and a pretty simple repair. The pace of the leak has come down a bit...

Dang, you're right. It is completely blocked. This seems like a "stop the presses" kind of a moment. Does this imply that the main drains are not connected to the pump if the drain line TEEs into the Skimmer area (as was apparently common in old pools)? This is hard for me to believe as I am...

Ah...ok, I had no idea the water fall had their own ports. Makes sense now. As for the mystery hole, I've never taken the time to notice and now the pool is pretty frigid. I think a wetsuit is in my future before the end of this little saga, so I will confirm how that is behaving under...

Clarifying what I said in my original post about the various gizmos in my pool. I've take a few photos to illustrate what I'm talking about. 1. In the "deep end" photo, I believe A and B are drains. The hole with the "?" is the mystery. There is a hole just like this out of frame on the...

Continuing my tale of woe (but this time with photos). @24 hours: bucket loss 1/8", pool loss 1/2" @48 hours: bucket loss 1/4", pool loss 1 1/16" Water level @ 48 hours is just at/below skimmer opening (see photo). My suspicions are growing around the skimmer connection to the pool. I've...

Yessir. I'll attach a photo of the bottom of the skimmer to confirm. If the T is underground, it's clear that I won't be able to run a suction test effectively shutting off the skimmer side of the house. Plugging the skimmer with threaded plugs would seem to have limited value for isolating...

Hello brethren and sistren, please let me thank you in advance for any assistance. Some background if it helps... 30,000 gal in-ground, easily 35 years old, concrete pool in Northern Cali Built-in spa (not used), aging tile (have replaced dozens) 1 Skimmer, 2 drains, 2 returns (I think), but...

Good stuff, Jim, thanks. I will do that tomorrow and report back. I've never personally seen the filter cover off, so that will be a good education for me. It does seem to leak from there more after our pool guy cleaned the filters last week. Do you agree that water could be leaking from...

Hi folks, am noticing an intermittent issue when the pool is filtering. Every so often, we lift the skimmer lid and note that the water isn't moving at all and I'm 100% sure the valves are set to pool mode. Each time, I wander over to the panel and stop the pump and re-start it. And 100% of...

Pool Lights are back on! Huzzah. Hi folks, thanks to everyone who responded to my initially-ignorant but increasingly-educated posts about my pool electrical situation, particularly my problem with the non-working pool lights. Going back down memory lane for a minute, recall that I'm a...

Thanks Meadow. Looks like my next update won't be for a few days. Heading to Texas to visit my brother and I'll hit this when I get back. I really do appreciate your assistance. I'm crossing my fingers that night swimming will be back on the menu this summer. Tom

Welcome, Kyle. I've just now begun to post solid questions to this site and I'm blown away by the great help. It's why Al Gore invented the internet, I'm convinced of that now. You're in good company. Tom

Hey Meadow/Tex, thanks for sticking with me on this. WRT "gizmo", yes the wires were all wire-nutted together inside the control box. Even the red/white low-voltage wires were wire-nutted together. Hard to believe somebody would take the time to do that and not just remove the gizmo entirely...

Hey guys, thanks for the responses. I probably wasn't very clear in my message (I'll work on that). I'm on a pretty steep learning curve trying to understand everything one should reasonably know about their pool equipment. If it helps, I'm really doing two things in parallel: 1. Trying to...

Hi folks. Am spending the day trying to acquaint myself with my pool electrical systems. Could anybody offer up a good theory what I've got going on here? My specific question is about this waterproof box that is laying on the ground with 3 conduits going up to my main panel. I know it's...

Hi again. A couple more photos if that's helpful. One is of the Spa/Pool "spill over" and the other is a close-up of the outside panel (Aqualink RS8). Darn, somehow exceeded my upload size. How does one remove old attachments to make space... Armed with all my new knowledge, I went out just...

Ahhh...Ok, I was wondering about that one. So that essentially means that the spa will get "some return" to it even when in Pool mode (unless that manual blue valve is closed). I think that explains (prior to all the failed equipment) why the water level of the spa would come up and over the...

Hey Jim, your words are starting to sink in over here. I really do believe I was "over-thinking" the purpose/capability of these valves. When you said the PCB isn't aware of the valve position, that cause things to fall into place. But to answer your question: YES, our spa "spills over" to...