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    Suction Loss

    Hunkered down this morning and dug it up. Cracked Elbow at the bottom of that intake side. I flooded the hole I dug and tried it again so that the crack was submersed under 10" of water. It still didn't work. The crack is somewhere down toward the water level, so I could have several feet...
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    Suction Loss

    Correct; Leftmost pipe is Skimmer A only. The two valves on the right let me balance skimmer B, pool rat, and bottom drains. I'll soak it up. That would rule out practically everything below ground, correct? Is it reasonable to assume that a leak of this magnitude has to occur above the...
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    Suction Loss

    The selector valve for the two split intakes is on the left. The picture is taken with the system running, and you can see in the screen cover that the intake is working. But if I turn the main selector from the 9 OClock position it is in now to even 8 OClock, the pump stalls out to air...
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    Suction Loss

    In-Ground. My intake setup is all manual with 3 total valves. There is a primary selector that balances between what I'll call Side A and Side B. Side A is a 2.5" intake that goes to the skimmer on the far end. Side B goes to a second set of valves that lets me balance between the near...