- Aug 16, 2009
- 14
I just got my pool up and running and had some questions. We just turned on our pump and filter and had it running for the first time. My first question is is it normal for the pump motor to get hot? I figure with all that water going through it,It should be pretty cool. But it gets pretty warm,how hot is to hot? I have a laser heat gauge I will go check in a few and see what the temp is after a hour of running.
The return is pretty powerful and moves the water around pretty well,and had pretty good suction at the skimmer box. I ran the backwash for a min and the glass looked clean so I set it back to filter and its running now.
Now that brings me to my last question,How should the wall skimmer work? I mean shouldnt really suck things in,I took out the basket and stuck my hand in the suction hole and it pulled my hand in pretty strong and it has a nice tornado going on. But looking at particals and things like a bee floated right on by and didnt get drawn in,any thoughts on this? Is my water level too high maybe? I didnt put the little floaty door on,but I wouldnt think that has anything to do with it?
Any thoughts on this,Let me know
The return is pretty powerful and moves the water around pretty well,and had pretty good suction at the skimmer box. I ran the backwash for a min and the glass looked clean so I set it back to filter and its running now.
Now that brings me to my last question,How should the wall skimmer work? I mean shouldnt really suck things in,I took out the basket and stuck my hand in the suction hole and it pulled my hand in pretty strong and it has a nice tornado going on. But looking at particals and things like a bee floated right on by and didnt get drawn in,any thoughts on this? Is my water level too high maybe? I didnt put the little floaty door on,but I wouldnt think that has anything to do with it?
Any thoughts on this,Let me know