I’m getting ready to do my plumbing, I’ve ordered all Jandy valves. On the Jandy website, they show a three-way valve coming from skimmers and going to the pump. The valve is set up to have one inlet and two outlets according to the directions. Do I need to reverse the internals or anything to make it 2 inlets with 1 outlet? Not sure why they have the hard stops on the valves to keep from rotating completely around.
Jandy valve installed backwards ?
- Thread starter Therapydoc
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Doc,
Look at the valve and see if there is lettering that says "Inlet".
Just remove the screws and turn the top so that "Inlet" is point to the one pipe you want the water to go out.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Look at the valve and see if there is lettering that says "Inlet".
Just remove the screws and turn the top so that "Inlet" is point to the one pipe you want the water to go out.
Thanks,
Jim R.
- May 23, 2015
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- Pool Size
- 16000
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- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
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The valve stops are important. They are there to protect against a person turning the valve in a way that can dead-head the pump. If you were to close off the pump while it was running, you can easily damage the pump. Once you get the valve oriented they way you want, make sure the handle stops are set so that the valve cannot block off the pump inlet.
I guess my question why put an arrow on the valve to distinguish water flow? I was concerned that maybe the internals needed positioned a certain way to do partial closing of one of the skimmers and all their diagrams clearly show water only going in the inlet. Appreciate it fellas, just poor marketing materials I guess
Doc,
I just think you have a misunderstanding of how the valve works.
Flow through a Jandy valve is bi-directional. On the Suction side the flow is coming from the pool and into the pump and on the Return side flow is going from the pump and back to the pool. The same Jandy valve is used..
Thanks,
Jim R.
I just think you have a misunderstanding of how the valve works.
Flow through a Jandy valve is bi-directional. On the Suction side the flow is coming from the pool and into the pump and on the Return side flow is going from the pump and back to the pool. The same Jandy valve is used..
Thanks,
Jim R.