Today, when checking my skimmmers, I noticed the water wasn’t flowing in to either one of them. It was like the skimmers were turned off. The baskets didn’t have much of anything in them. The pump was running fine and the pump basket had minimal debris in it, it certainly wasn’t clogged. I decided to turn the pump off and then back on because it runs at 100% speed for the first 10 minutes of being on, then reduces to 50% power. Just wanted to see if the situation would improve or stay the same. After I did that, everything is back to running as it should. This situation has happened once before, about a month ago. Any ideas what is going on? I would think if our skimmer lines had a clog, it wouldn’t have gone back to operating correctly when I turned it back on. Is it a pump issue? For reference, all the equipment , plumbing, etc. is nearly 2 years old. Zero issues last year.
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- Thread starter thaston
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- May 3, 2007
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- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Without some detail on your setup, it is difficult to say:
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Could be the filter. Does filter pressure change when this happens?
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Could be the filter. Does filter pressure change when this happens?
No, it doesn’t. We have a Hayward sand filter and Hayward Super Pump XE.Without some detail on your setup, it is difficult to say:
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Could be the filter. Does filter pressure change when this happens?
- May 3, 2007
- 16,974
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Filter pressure changes with flow rate. So if filter pressure is not changing, the flow rate in the system is not changing so something isn't adding up. When the pump is on 50% speed, what is the filter pressure and when the flow rate changes, are you saying there is no change in filter pressure?
Is this your first multi-speed pump? On lower speeds, you often won't see a lot of action in the skimmer and skimming takes longer but it will eventually clear the pool.
Is this your first multi-speed pump? On lower speeds, you often won't see a lot of action in the skimmer and skimming takes longer but it will eventually clear the pool.
Our filter gage stag at 0-1maybe 1. Honestly, I wonder if that thing works correctly
Ok….so so am pretty sure our filter gage doesn’t work. I backwashed the filter, it didn’t move; rinsed the filter, didn’t move. It is sitting below zero. That can’t be right, can it?? Photo attached.
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- May 3, 2007
- 16,974
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
It is probably a bad gauge. A working pressure gauge is very important for troubleshooting and even general maintenance.
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- Feb 5, 2018
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- Pool Size
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- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
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- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
It looks to me like the indicator needle is on the wrong side of the stop peg. I am not sure how to get it on the correct side.......never had that happen.
- May 3, 2007
- 16,974
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Good catch Dave.
If that gauge is like the Hayward I used to have, you can take the plastic cover off and move the needle to the other side but it may not fix the problem.
If that gauge is like the Hayward I used to have, you can take the plastic cover off and move the needle to the other side but it may not fix the problem.