Hi,
Thanks for your advice.
So first off when you pull open the lid and remove the big leaf trap, and the pump is running, do you see/hear that jet spraying out water? Its a 1" line which has a nozzle on the front where it shoots water out of almost a 1/4" hole. So it shoots out a jet spray which gets shot out of the 1.5" hole that is on the pool wall side. You should see a good amount of water shooting out of that. If you dont, thats the first problem. Because without that the system wont work. So you will need to troubleshoot that, make sure the valve (if you have one) is open for that.
Yes, the nozzle is spraying plenty of water.
Then if that works, basically the system should work. But the entire thing has to be full of water. If the system is on and you have the lid off it wont work. It needs the lid shut and no air. So you have to basically shut the pump off, get the water level (which it should automatically) higher then the lid (the clear lid). Then put that lid back on, make sure the orings are not jacked up and it seals. Then shut the lid. Then turn the system/pump on. The nozzle shoots a stream out which causes a venturi effect so causes the water to move from that vacuum effect. So then the water is sucked up from the leaf drain on the floor and flows out into the leaf b gone. You wont see a flow as the lid with no air in the system is closed and you wont necessarily see flow of water, you should see leaves and what not flow into it if you have any.
Yes, all good avove. I have a nice vacuum in the canister.
If you get air in the system under the lid, one way to clear it while its on, is just reach down in the pool, cover the exit hole (where that jet sprays out of), it will cause the water to fill up into the leaf b gone canister and basically push the air out, the water will rise above the lid too (dont worry about that). Thats one way to prime the system if you didnt want to turn the pump off and back on.
I think my issues is the supply line to the main drain where the leaves are sucked into is blocked. If I direct leaves to the drain, they are not sucked into the drain box. I tried using a clod buster and a snake, but none of these worked.