Hello Everyone,
First time pool owner here. We just purchased a home with a 13k gallon in ground with a SPA. The previous owner was fastidious in keeping the property in top notch condition, so I’m a little concerned about this issue popping up in the first 30 days. Here’s a little background on the system:
Salt water pool
Hayward Swim Clear Cartridge Filter (Model # C4030)
Hayward Pool Heater (H350FD)
Goldline Remote System
System is set to keep the temp at 60, and runs for (2) four hour blocks per day.
We moved in about a month ago, and last week peeled the pool cover off. We were presented with a pool with a fair amount of tree leaves on the bottom of the pool. After trying to remove them with the “pool net” I hooked up the vacuum and went to town. Once all the leaves were removed I pulled the vac house from the bottom of the skimmer and found the tube to be plugged with leaves. These were removed, however there didn’t appear to be any leave visible in the vac opening at the bottom of the skimmer. Checked the screen at the pump and found very few leaves in the basket. Removed leaves at the pump screen, primed system and started everything up. Fast forward to this weekend, the service light on the heater has illuminated, but there are no error codes. The screen reads LO when not in operation, which I’ve Googled and appears is normal. When running b0 is present, which I’ve read is normal as it means the system is being “bypassed” or operated by the remote system. While poking around I noticed the pressure gauge on top of the filter was pushing 40 psi, and about 20 psi over the pre-set upper limit. So I removed and cleaned all four filters, re-installed, started up system and no chage to the pressure. Hoping the cartridge elements were past their prime (they are only 3 months old) I replaced them with a new set the previous owner left. Again no change. I am assuming i’ve created a plug in the system from my leaf cleaning incident, and that I need to get a service tech out snake the line. Are they’re any other thoughts? This is a newer system, installed in 2014 and the last thing I want to do is stress and shorten the life of the components.
Thank you,
Eric
First time pool owner here. We just purchased a home with a 13k gallon in ground with a SPA. The previous owner was fastidious in keeping the property in top notch condition, so I’m a little concerned about this issue popping up in the first 30 days. Here’s a little background on the system:
Salt water pool
Hayward Swim Clear Cartridge Filter (Model # C4030)
Hayward Pool Heater (H350FD)
Goldline Remote System
System is set to keep the temp at 60, and runs for (2) four hour blocks per day.
We moved in about a month ago, and last week peeled the pool cover off. We were presented with a pool with a fair amount of tree leaves on the bottom of the pool. After trying to remove them with the “pool net” I hooked up the vacuum and went to town. Once all the leaves were removed I pulled the vac house from the bottom of the skimmer and found the tube to be plugged with leaves. These were removed, however there didn’t appear to be any leave visible in the vac opening at the bottom of the skimmer. Checked the screen at the pump and found very few leaves in the basket. Removed leaves at the pump screen, primed system and started everything up. Fast forward to this weekend, the service light on the heater has illuminated, but there are no error codes. The screen reads LO when not in operation, which I’ve Googled and appears is normal. When running b0 is present, which I’ve read is normal as it means the system is being “bypassed” or operated by the remote system. While poking around I noticed the pressure gauge on top of the filter was pushing 40 psi, and about 20 psi over the pre-set upper limit. So I removed and cleaned all four filters, re-installed, started up system and no chage to the pressure. Hoping the cartridge elements were past their prime (they are only 3 months old) I replaced them with a new set the previous owner left. Again no change. I am assuming i’ve created a plug in the system from my leaf cleaning incident, and that I need to get a service tech out snake the line. Are they’re any other thoughts? This is a newer system, installed in 2014 and the last thing I want to do is stress and shorten the life of the components.
Thank you,
Eric