Bucket Test - Spillway Impact?

[etuser]

Hi - I suspect I have a leak somewhere as I lost about 4-5" over the last 5 days. I am planning to do a bucket test to confirm. I have a spillway that runs for an hour each day. Will running that cause any significant impact on the test? Anything else I should disable or make sure to do?

Thanks.

 

[mknauss]

A spill way for an hour should not have much effect.

What have your overnight air temperatures been versus your pool water temperature?

 

[etuser]

Pool had been heated for 2-3 of the days, so average pool temp has been 20-25 degrees higher than overnight lows.

 

[mknauss]

I suspect you are seeing evaporation. But run your bucket test.