Hello! I cannot figure this problem out and I've searched previous posts but haven't found one quite like mine.
My pool was built in late 2021. The PB planned the spa Jets to run on Venturi but it just never really worked. Often, someone would need to go outside the pool cage and physically blow into the pipes in order to get the jets working. The PB finally gave up on that and installed a Silencer 1 HP air blower and set it up as a "Feature" we can toggle on and off in the Screenlogic app. The spa has four jets and the air blower has always caused water to bubble out of the spa. So for the past year, I turn the spa on with the pump set to about 35 GPM, then turn that air blower on for just a few seconds to get the jets moving. I turn the air blower off, and all goes well.
Last night, I let the air blower run for about a minute before turning it off. I later noticed that the Screenlogic showed a High Pressure alert for the pump. I went out to the side of the house to see what was going on, and the air blower was making a rattling noise. I turned everything off, then restarted the pump. Next, I ran the blower again for a few seconds. The pressure gauge above the filter quickly went up to 4000, even after I turned off the blower. Then the blower still rattled even though it was turned off.
I decided it was safer to just turn everything off, not go in the spa, and check everything out in the light of day. This morning I cleaned the filter, drained the bottom of the filter, cleaned out the pump basket (although it was empty since the pool is caged), and then lubricated the gaskets and put it all back together again. I tried the spa again and still saw the increase in pressure (although this time is was about 2000), saw the High Pressure alert on the pump, and heard the rattling in the air blower.
I also have one return jet that emits tiny bubbles, not only from the return jet, but it seems to also be coming out from just outside the plastic circle. To be honest, I've been seeing bubbles for a while now. I've also had issues with the skimmer basket floating so I have a rock in there to hold it down now.
My power bill had been out of control, so the past several months I've been running the pump at 34GPM for twelve hours per day.
Does anyone have any idea if this is normal for the air blower to cause the high pressure alert to go off on a pool pump? Are the tiny bubbles from the return a harmful thing?
Thank you so much for any insight or advice! Emily
My pool was built in late 2021. The PB planned the spa Jets to run on Venturi but it just never really worked. Often, someone would need to go outside the pool cage and physically blow into the pipes in order to get the jets working. The PB finally gave up on that and installed a Silencer 1 HP air blower and set it up as a "Feature" we can toggle on and off in the Screenlogic app. The spa has four jets and the air blower has always caused water to bubble out of the spa. So for the past year, I turn the spa on with the pump set to about 35 GPM, then turn that air blower on for just a few seconds to get the jets moving. I turn the air blower off, and all goes well.
Last night, I let the air blower run for about a minute before turning it off. I later noticed that the Screenlogic showed a High Pressure alert for the pump. I went out to the side of the house to see what was going on, and the air blower was making a rattling noise. I turned everything off, then restarted the pump. Next, I ran the blower again for a few seconds. The pressure gauge above the filter quickly went up to 4000, even after I turned off the blower. Then the blower still rattled even though it was turned off.
I decided it was safer to just turn everything off, not go in the spa, and check everything out in the light of day. This morning I cleaned the filter, drained the bottom of the filter, cleaned out the pump basket (although it was empty since the pool is caged), and then lubricated the gaskets and put it all back together again. I tried the spa again and still saw the increase in pressure (although this time is was about 2000), saw the High Pressure alert on the pump, and heard the rattling in the air blower.
I also have one return jet that emits tiny bubbles, not only from the return jet, but it seems to also be coming out from just outside the plastic circle. To be honest, I've been seeing bubbles for a while now. I've also had issues with the skimmer basket floating so I have a rock in there to hold it down now.
My power bill had been out of control, so the past several months I've been running the pump at 34GPM for twelve hours per day.
Does anyone have any idea if this is normal for the air blower to cause the high pressure alert to go off on a pool pump? Are the tiny bubbles from the return a harmful thing?
Thank you so much for any insight or advice! Emily
