I had been holding steady with tarping the equipment pad, pool water temp holding around 44 degrees running 24/7. Power went out this morning, and I got scared when the pool almost immediately started to ice over. So I flipped off the breakers, drained the pump, filter, heater and cleaner pump. Then of course maybe 30 minutes later the power comes back on.
I've never had to drain the pool before so I wouldn't even know how to get it below the skimmer line. I did put a bleach jug in one skimmer and a couple of other water bottles in the other. I'm worried about the spa wall and the underground pipes. I'm wondering now if I need to go fire it back up and try to get the water below the skimmer level, but that doesn't help the spa wall?
All of my valves are the automated jandy neverlube valves, so they don't move freely by hand. I do have a water spigot type of valve on top of the pipes leading to the pump, do I open that up and turn the pump on?
Ugh.
*edit to add, if I did that, then I still have water in the underground pipes and no idea how to clear those. Maybe I just hold tight where I am and cross my fingers? Turn everything back on and run the pump, hoping these outages only last 45 minutes like the first one?
I've never had to drain the pool before so I wouldn't even know how to get it below the skimmer line. I did put a bleach jug in one skimmer and a couple of other water bottles in the other. I'm worried about the spa wall and the underground pipes. I'm wondering now if I need to go fire it back up and try to get the water below the skimmer level, but that doesn't help the spa wall?
All of my valves are the automated jandy neverlube valves, so they don't move freely by hand. I do have a water spigot type of valve on top of the pipes leading to the pump, do I open that up and turn the pump on?
Ugh.
*edit to add, if I did that, then I still have water in the underground pipes and no idea how to clear those. Maybe I just hold tight where I am and cross my fingers? Turn everything back on and run the pump, hoping these outages only last 45 minutes like the first one?