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A friend of mine has a swimming pool with a infinity catch basin. The infinity catch basin has its own pump that sucks from the bottom of the basin and sends water through large returns that go to the pool. (so sucks from basin and dumps into pool). The pool has a seperate pump just for the...

Just trying to educate myself on intinity edge pools as i have a friend looking at one and i would love to help him. We have the calculation for the catch basin size to include surge...etc... My question is on the autofill. Obviously the autofill goes in the basin. My question is below. 1)...

we have the pentair 011056 (3hp variable speed) ok ill test reducing rpm for prime.

We do not have a weir door we left ours off. Water halfway up skimmer opening. 1) do you think it’s a clogged line which prevents it from primiminf correctly? 2) is it a air bubble? 3) does the line go dry completely which is why water comes our so quick once we stick our hand over it? As...

Ok here is the latest update. Everything started working fine on its own. We had leak detection come out to make sure there was no leaks and of course there was no air bubbles happening at the time they came out (that was 2 weeks ago). in the last 2 weeks everything worked flawlessly up until...

Gotcha. I am out of town going to try this tonight when i get Home. My wife has been messing with it. At 2,500 rpm’s it almost stayed completely full of water all night long. Maybe 1” of air ok the top of basket so still slowly letting air in at the higher rpm

Which means it would allow air in the lines vs higher rpm?

I thoight Of that and just had water come in from floor drain snd the basket wouldn’t fill back up. So not specific to the skimmer. Just weird if it’s a air intake issue that it would happen only at lower rpm

Thank you I’ll do that tomorrow and see. It’s a Pentair variable speed pump 011056 Your thinking at lower rpm’s it’s letting air in the system? What wouldn’t that happen at higher rpm’s?

quick update. I just turned it off adn restarted. the pump primes flawlessly and primes at 3,400 rpm's once the prime stage is over pump goes to 1,800 rpm's. within 20 minutes pump basket is half full of water. I increased rpm's to 2,500 to see if water would fill back it (prime again) and it...

Newly installed pool and pump. for the first two-three days the pump primed and stayed prime the entire time. Today i noticed the pump had no water in it so it lost its prime and i shut it off. i then restarted it and it primed without issue but 2 hours later lost the prime again and the pump...

I must be missing it then. do you know what the part number is? this it? P/N 522038Z hoping thats not it as i dont see that to be in stock near me.

is this different than the "daughter" cards that add relays i assume? Reading the quick referrence guide posted my myazpool, is this the right part number? Serial COM Port Expansion Board (Port Multiplexer) (P/N 520818)

I probably made the system more complicated than it needed to be but in my mind it made sense. I know people hate chlorine but this is what we went with. my plumber doesnt normally plumb pools the way we chose to do it, but i was adamite i wanted it this way. Hopefully it all works as expected...

Thank yall for the feedback. So it sounds like i have plenty of relays, my only issue is i need a intellivalve extension cord, ill get that ordered asap. Just for my knowledge - how would i determine what would need a relay? why doesnt the intellivalves or the variable speed pumps need relays...

I am educating myself on the electrical side of my system and not sure i fully understand how many circuits/relays i need. See below what i have, i would love to learn what is assigned to a circuit vs. a relay so i can identify if i need to get a daughter card. I have the I8PS alongside 300w...

My gunite team sprayed the base for the table in a 18" sono tube. However they said they do not spray the round top of the table so they didnt do it. Now i have asked my tile crew to start the top they are also saying that the gunite crew sprays the top and they just tile it. Given gunite is...

i guess im not understanding the need for the second filter? as you can decide when you overflow with a overflow pump which you have. your effectively cleaning the water twice now.

I am learning a ton, and its clear you did you research so excellent work!! Additional question on item 1: 1) how does treating the basin as a seperate body of water affect your ability to run the vanishing edge while in spa mode? My idea would be to suction from the basin, and return to the...

are you referring to the basin suction? its in the bottom of the basin where they are suctioning from. Do you think they are just pulling from the pool as well if they didnt build the basin big enough to handle all the suction? to prevent the pump from making noises and burning up because if it...

Bigpappasmurf - i checked out your pool build thread it looks amazing!! it looks like you have a infiniti edge though which i agree the skimmers should be in the main part of the pool. in my friends design his is a zero edge which is different than inifiniti edge. (similar principles). I do...

Since I built my own pool, naturally i enjoy sharing my lessons learned with friends. I have a friend building a nice zero edge pool with a pool builder that has a solid reputation. (zero edge is where the water and the pool coping is at the same height/level. there is a small gap before...

Getting close to decking time. going to do a channel drain. it seems like Deck-O-Drain is the most popular, is there any reason why? i just noticed the grill doesnt come off so makes cleaning difficult. Are there any recommendations that might be better (maybe like a 2" or 3")? or does the...

I just want to make sure i am not missing anything. I am building my own pool for a new construction house. We have moved into the house before any final grading of my lot or sod is installed as im waiting on the pool pieces to be done that can mess up my sod. The final piece is cement decking...

Any feedback on this as to how i would Go from the 2” pvc to a proper microbrite fitting?

What would be the easiest way to go from my 2” pvc to the 1.5” threaded that micros need?

I have A 44’ x 26’ pool with a 9’ square spa. i have 2 lighted bubblers in the sun shelf, these use globrites. the pool has was shot with gunite on Friday. i ran 2” pvc pipe in the pool and spa for globrites. pool has 6 lights Spa has 1 Then the 2 lighted bubblers The 2 lighted bubblers...