Correct because the separation tank is not in the water return circuit in filter mode. The nut you’re describing is likely the air relief valve. Can you open and close it with your fingers?
I'm not being trite or rude, so please don't take it that way. As I indicated early in this thread, get a cheap sump pump. Can be used to drain the pool easily, if your pump goes out you can use it to keep water circulating and allow you to add chlorine while pump is being fixed...lots of uses.
I'm not sure exactly where you are in the process. Let's go back to here:
Orange T handle open, correct?So I understand. You have the MPV turned to waste. You have the ORANGE T handled valve open. Water is coming out of the red handled spigot, with the pump off? In that case, the red handled spigot is open and the water is running downhill from the DE Filter, which is full of water, so that makes sense. Just close the red handled spigot and water should not come out anymore.
Yes, pump should be on if you want to drain.
Can you take a picture of the "NUT" that is spraying water? Have you emptied the DE separator?
Yes I can, and based on the link you sent earlier it def is the air relief valve
The valve will bleed water if there is over pressure or open when you run to backwash or waste. Clean the separation tank, open the orange valve and gate valve and you should be fine to drain. Open the air valve when you do this until it spits water, then close the air valve.
Back to the pool. That’s why there is a separation tank in the circuit.
Nope. The separation tank is on the WASTE line. It is to separate the DE from the waste water when you backwash.
Did your water level go down in the pool?
Pictures are worth $1000. There are two ways your "Waste" line from the multi-port through the separation tank could be routed. One, back to the pool, or two to the sewer line. I'm trying to figure out which it is. In Westchester, any waste water that goes to sewer must go through a separation tank. I'm trying to figure out where it goes. If it goes back to the pool, the ONLY way that you can get your equipment to drain water from the pool is through the spigot and black hose. Until we figure out where it is going, we won't know if you can use anything other than the black line to drain. We will get you figured out. There is likely no harm in the 30-40 minutes of draining, you likely just setup a siphon and it drained some water. You can turn off pump if on, close the orange T handle, change your multiport back to filter and turn your pump on. Do you know how to get the air out of your DE Filter?
Liquid Chlorine - Check
. My 2 day old vacuum has all kinds of leaf stems in it's ports that I have to dig out.
TFP Clear. Crazy, right? I'm still amazed at my pool and get comments all the time! What cleaner/vacuum do you have? This relevant to your plumbing. Did you get a robot or do you have a pressure cleaner?> How Clear is TFP Clear?
OMG even the vacuum's look clean here
I actually laugh now. It was overwhelming to me, now it is like chewing gum. As to the VACA, SOUNDS GREAT!!! 1 week is tight, but even if we don't get through SLAM, we can likely get you setup so it is no worse when you come back. Do you have anyone here that can help and add chlorine if necessary? We'll work on that objective! Do you, by chance, work from home? This would REALLY help our success! BTW, you are doing GREAT!
Didn't answer the question. Draw a horizontal line through the skimmers of your pool. Now, draw a horizontal line through your filter. Is the horizontal line through the skimmers above or below the line through your filter? Better yet, can you take pictures of the pool with the pad in the background, or pad with pool in the background?
Great thanks for this! That means your mpv is below your skimmers. I’ll wait for answer to last question before we get to next step.