The woes of first pool ownership and winter! Whenever I switch from pool to spa during the summer the main pump shuts off for 30 seconds while the valves turn. Out of the pool pump, at the lid to the basket, some water would come out. My pool guy said it is releasing some pressure when the pump turns off. I never gave it another thought....until I went around there and saw that there is a good amount of frozen water over there. Every 20-30 minutes the freeze protection is cycling between pool to spa mode. So each time that happens some water comes out and then that water is freezing. Is this really normal?
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Somewhat related, does my pool really need to be cycling from pool to spa mode every 30 minutes? When it is in pool mode with freeze protection both pool and spa pumps are on. The water goes into the spa and spills over into the pool and the pool jets are also on. It seems like just pool mode would be sufficient. I looked around in the controller configuration but could't see a way to do that.
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Somewhat related, does my pool really need to be cycling from pool to spa mode every 30 minutes? When it is in pool mode with freeze protection both pool and spa pumps are on. The water goes into the spa and spills over into the pool and the pool jets are also on. It seems like just pool mode would be sufficient. I looked around in the controller configuration but could't see a way to do that.