Hi everyone,
I awoke this morning to find our pool (14x8, 1900 gallons) had lost a considerable amount of water. We didn't get to use it yesterday so who knows when the loss started. The water level was down nearly under the return/outlets level on the pool. I rushed to it, turned off the pump and popped the black plugs to stop any further yard flooding.
From what I can see, the pump has a crack where one of the screws goes.
And one of the two solar heating mats I'd installed has a hole, which is where I'm assuming the leak happened. The hole is small, the water streaming out was around 1/3 to 1/2 inch, but who knows how much water can drain in 24 hrs, the pump runs on a 12 hour cycle.
I recently bought two intex solar heating mats, installed the first one a couple weeks ago and it worked fine. This is the one with the hole. I went ahead and hooked the second one to it a couple days ago but I found it didn't work as well: it felt less taut and full of water than the first one, and like a few air bubbles still trapped inside it. With water flowing with slightly less force inside it. However the water going from the second mat into the pool felt like it had good pressure so I left it at that.
What I think happened: improper bleeding / partial blockage of the second solar mat made the water pressure on the first mat increase, and a possible small hole became larger. The pressure in turn made the pump crack (?!), or maybe less water going into the pump (once the pool level has gone below the outlet) made it crack. Or maybe the pump crack is what happened first, which then created a pressure build up that made the solar mat lining weak and rip.
Would you replace the pump? It's a 12" Intex Krystal Clear sand filter.
I'll throw away the mat as even though the hole isn't big, it looks tricky to repair.
Any insights SUPER welcome.
I awoke this morning to find our pool (14x8, 1900 gallons) had lost a considerable amount of water. We didn't get to use it yesterday so who knows when the loss started. The water level was down nearly under the return/outlets level on the pool. I rushed to it, turned off the pump and popped the black plugs to stop any further yard flooding.
From what I can see, the pump has a crack where one of the screws goes.
And one of the two solar heating mats I'd installed has a hole, which is where I'm assuming the leak happened. The hole is small, the water streaming out was around 1/3 to 1/2 inch, but who knows how much water can drain in 24 hrs, the pump runs on a 12 hour cycle.
I recently bought two intex solar heating mats, installed the first one a couple weeks ago and it worked fine. This is the one with the hole. I went ahead and hooked the second one to it a couple days ago but I found it didn't work as well: it felt less taut and full of water than the first one, and like a few air bubbles still trapped inside it. With water flowing with slightly less force inside it. However the water going from the second mat into the pool felt like it had good pressure so I left it at that.
What I think happened: improper bleeding / partial blockage of the second solar mat made the water pressure on the first mat increase, and a possible small hole became larger. The pressure in turn made the pump crack (?!), or maybe less water going into the pump (once the pool level has gone below the outlet) made it crack. Or maybe the pump crack is what happened first, which then created a pressure build up that made the solar mat lining weak and rip.
Would you replace the pump? It's a 12" Intex Krystal Clear sand filter.
I'll throw away the mat as even though the hole isn't big, it looks tricky to repair.
Any insights SUPER welcome.
