Hello,
I'm a newbie here but I'll try not to be painful to the forum. Ive had an inground pool for 4 years and have learned/maintained it myself. So far its been nothing but replacing some old parts, salt, clear water, and fun. I have Hayward pump that runs constantly at 1500 rpms and I have a timer to turn on my Polaris for cleaning one hour a day. Everything has been working fine for the last four years until a few mornings ago. I hear the pump from my bedroom and I knew the sound wasnt right. I went out to find the pump surging and the polaris not moving.
I decided to kick the pool pump on high (3000 rpm) and see what happened. When I did the pump primed and the Polaris took off cleaning as usual. After a minute I kicked the main pump back to idle and the Polaris kept going until the timer shut it off. I assumed i just got air somehow but this is an every morning ritual now. I thought maybe it was Polaris wear so I did some diagnosing on their website. My hose joints were all leaking badly so I replaced them. Im sure other parts are worn on my 280 but it works great once I prime it with main pump boost. Ive also wondered if my main pump is actually still pushing 1500 rpms at idle, maybe thats an issue.
The Polaris pump is about 2 years old and the Hayward main pump is about 3.5 years old. I replaced sand and filter about a year ago and we backflush it regularly. Im really not sure where to begin diagnosing this issue so I dont replace a ton of unnecessary stuff. Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. If I have left out any helpful info please let me know and Ill provide it.
thanks,
I'm a newbie here but I'll try not to be painful to the forum. Ive had an inground pool for 4 years and have learned/maintained it myself. So far its been nothing but replacing some old parts, salt, clear water, and fun. I have Hayward pump that runs constantly at 1500 rpms and I have a timer to turn on my Polaris for cleaning one hour a day. Everything has been working fine for the last four years until a few mornings ago. I hear the pump from my bedroom and I knew the sound wasnt right. I went out to find the pump surging and the polaris not moving.
I decided to kick the pool pump on high (3000 rpm) and see what happened. When I did the pump primed and the Polaris took off cleaning as usual. After a minute I kicked the main pump back to idle and the Polaris kept going until the timer shut it off. I assumed i just got air somehow but this is an every morning ritual now. I thought maybe it was Polaris wear so I did some diagnosing on their website. My hose joints were all leaking badly so I replaced them. Im sure other parts are worn on my 280 but it works great once I prime it with main pump boost. Ive also wondered if my main pump is actually still pushing 1500 rpms at idle, maybe thats an issue.
The Polaris pump is about 2 years old and the Hayward main pump is about 3.5 years old. I replaced sand and filter about a year ago and we backflush it regularly. Im really not sure where to begin diagnosing this issue so I dont replace a ton of unnecessary stuff. Any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. If I have left out any helpful info please let me know and Ill provide it.
thanks,
