suction

I have a 13,000 gallon chlorine in-ground pool built in 2005. All original equipment except for pump which was replace a few years ago. I noticed that my pool cleaner wasn't moving, so I did the following troubleshooting. 1. Had the filter cleaned and that did not resolve the problem. 2...

Hello all, this is my 2nd year of opening the pool. It went SO much better this year. Got chlorine in before the algae could bloom. A big issue i had last year was vacuuming up the tiny small particles that settle at the bottom. if you run the vacuum over them and it doesn't get sucked up...

Greetings! I have a suction side air leak that causes my pump to loose prime overnight, and it takes some effort to reprime in the morning when the timer turns the pump on. Small bubbles were jetting into the pool and I could see a few large bubbles bobbing around under the pump basket lid. I...

Hi guys, new to this forum. Already learnt quite a lot from reading lots of posts. I’m a new pool owner in Hamilton, Canada. I attempted to open my pool yesterday but was having serious trouble with the pump not priming. It seemed to be sucking a lot of air. After a few minutes, it would...

Hi all, first time poster. We are on the second season with a pool and are having an issue with the pressure constantly being around 23-25psi. I have tried deep cleaning the filter and the container it sits in. Within 30 minutes of it being deep cleaned and running again the pressure is back up...

Good morning. i recently purchased a home and have researched to find that I have a 1996 Hydro Air Spa that is connected to my pool. The suction covers at the base of the spa are missing. I have been researching to determine if any new covers would work, but have not had any luck. So I...

Sigh... Need help from the wizards again... You guys have been soooo... helpful in the past. When our pool is in pool mode, there's zero air visible. All is fine. But in spa mode, it draws air. Easy to see in the pump basket. Clouds of bubbles from the spa returns. When I turn on the heater...

I'm cleaning this pool for the first time and I'm not having an easy time w/the equipment. My last pool's skimmer was designed differently. When I fill the hose and plunge the... thing that you plunge into the skimmer, into the skimmer, there's no suction, which is not terribly surprising...

Now then, good evening, good day all I'm trying to convert some 'Magiline' skimmers so that they have a direct suction line to the pump. I've dug 90% of one out and the image below tells the story. Is there any tried and tested way of plumping a 50mm pipe into a corrugated profile such as the...

So I noticed some pool builders say they are different because their pools have 2 returns and 2 suctions in the deep end of the pool? Anyone ever here of this and is that good or bad to do? Any advantage to just have 2 suctions in the deep and then returns jets around the entire pool? Thanks!

Hey everyone , So for days now I can’t seem to get my filter to prime. I feel like I have tried absolutely everything. What happens is I turn the filter on it blows bubbles into the pool and then nothing. So one good gust and that’s it. Also the skimmer basket/ carriage of the pump isn’t full...

I have a new Trilogy Graviy rectangular fiberglass pool and our builder has been letting us test both the Pentair 930 (equivalent to Dolphin S300i?) and the Dolphin M400. Over the last 2 weeks neither has had any luck climbing the walls. We have a lip around most f the pool, but have seen videos...

I'm trying to balance good suction in my skimmer with a nice flow from my waterfall, but I am not that familiar with the controls. Can anyone help me based on the picture provided?