How do we fix the water leveler?

[Nikilyn]

We had to drain our pool and since we refilled it the water level has been about an inch low. We have a water leveler but it must have gotten out of whack when we emptied it. My husband tried lifting it up but that did nothing. Is there a way to get it to the correct level?

 

[kimkats]

What a pain! Is there a screw on the top of it? Sometimes that is how you keep any adjustment you need to make. If not share a pic of the kind you have and we will work through this.

 

[Turbo1Ton]

Mine is a PoolMiser autofill and it uses a float valve similar to what you would see in a toilet. I adjust it by rotating and lifting or pressing down.

Did your PB leave you any literature that might have the instructions to it? Mine were with the 3 ring binder of manuals they left me.

--Jeff

 

[proavia]

Post a pic of your water leveler. There are several different types in our AZ pools.

 

[Nikilyn]

Here's our leveler.

 

[Nikilyn]

Mine is a PoolMiser autofill and it uses a float valve similar to what you would see in a toilet. I adjust it by rotating and lifting or pressing down.

Did your PB leave you any literature that might have the instructions to it? Mine were with the 3 ring binder of manuals they left me.

--Jeff

We did o/b and that is not a manual I remember getting.

 

[mknauss]

There is a thumbscrew on the float, close to the water outlet. Lossen it and adjust the float to the level you want. Be sure to tighten the thumbscrew.

 

[proavia]

If you want the level of the pool water to be higher, you need to raise the end of the float up toward the pool deck. Loosen the thumbscrew to adjust and re-tighten when done - as Marty suggested. Usually, there are notches which lock it in place.

Those type floats are also used in swamp coolers to set the water level. Usually HD, Lowes and Ace Hardware carry a few different styles. Probably cheaper than the pool store too.

You may wish to clean out all the mud and gunk in the bottom of the autofill.

 

[Nikilyn]

I tried attaching a video to show how it moves but can't figure out how. It's really floppy. There are no notches for height and the pool is even lower than it was. We put a hose in it to raise it. We were thinking we should get it to the right level and then try to adjust it because as of right now we can't figure it out.

 

[proavia]

If you press the float down, does the water come on? Do this with the thumbscrew tightened.

 

[Nikilyn]

Sorry this has taken me so long to respond. We accidentally over filled the pool and then drained it so the water level was still too high but acceptable. It's taken awhile to figure out if we were still having the problem because evaporation was so slow. So the auto fill still isn't working. When I lift up the float nothing happens. My husband was trying to figure out where the auto fill actually adds water to the pool but couldn't. How do we fix it? How does something like this go bad? Is there a way it got shut off somehow? It's just weird that it worked perfectly fine before we drained the pool. Is there some kind of reset?

 

[mknauss]

If no water comes out when you push the float down, then you need to check where the fill water line comes from and if a valve is closed.

 

[Nikilyn]

If no water comes out when you push the float down, then you need to check where the fill water line comes from and if a valve is closed.

Is that with all the equipment? I don't remember seeing that label but we'll look.

 

[Bperry]

When I lift up the float nothing happens.

Gotta push the float down for the valve to open. Just making sure...

 

[Nikilyn]

Thank you @mknauss ! They turned the lever off when they drained it but didn't tell us or turn it back on when they filed it. It is auto filling as I type.

 

[mknauss]

Good to hear.

 

[Nikilyn]

So the auto fill is working. Problem is that we can’t get it set to the correct level. It’s too high by an inch to 1 1/2”. We’ve tried pushing it down and tightening it but it didn’t help. Is there a trick to getting it correct? It doesn’t help that it’s cold out so the water isn’t evaporating very quickly so it takes awhile between adjustments to see if it worked.

 

[mknauss]

You loosen the thumbscrew, move the float down, and then tighten the thumbscrew. Takes some trial and error to get the right setting.

 

[Nikilyn]

Ok. That’s what we did. Guess we’ll need to push it down more. I was hoping there was some trick to get it exact that I didn’t know about.

 

[mknauss]

Easiest is to turn it off until the water level gets to where you want it. Then mess with the float so that it is just at the point of letting water in. It may dribble, mine does essentially 24/7.