I have a 2.7HP Jandy Pro VS pump that runs the water features on my pool (i have another pump that is pool circulation pump) that isn't working properly and I'm not sure where to start with troubleshooting it and if it's something i can do or if i need to get someone to do it for me.
My VS pump runs bubblers i have in a shallow tanning deck area and 5 or 6 sconces. Lately it's been hit or miss when i turn it on whether there's any water moving through the system. Sometimes it works fine and other times there is very little flow and it basically stops. The pump turns on and i hear the motor running and i can tell when it changes speeds (i run higher rpm when both are running together vs. only running bubblers). I'm not sure if the issue is with the pump or could be a blockage somewhere or how to test if the pump is failing.
My pool and pumps are 5 years old and i first started noticing problems last summer when we put in a heater/chiller and upgraded to an RS-8 from an RS-4. Everything seemed fine up to that point, but we had to reprogram everything with the upgraded controller and the output on the sconces didn't seem to be as much as it was before we added the equipment. When i am running the sconces and bubblers together, i had to set the pump at 3400rpm to get the flow rates i wanted and the max on the pump is 3450 rpm. A couple months ago when the freeze protection kicked on, there was basically no output from the bubblers or sconces, but a couple weeks ago when i turned it on, everything was running fine. I turned it on again yesterday and there was nothing coming out of the sconces.
I could have the guy that installed the heater/chiller troubleshoot it, but it's a pretty hefty trip charge and i feel like he's going to tell me i need a new pump and i'd rather have someone else look at it for an independent opinion. I'm still wondering why the issue showed up when we installed the heater/chiller and whether it had something to do with that or was just coincidental.
My VS pump runs bubblers i have in a shallow tanning deck area and 5 or 6 sconces. Lately it's been hit or miss when i turn it on whether there's any water moving through the system. Sometimes it works fine and other times there is very little flow and it basically stops. The pump turns on and i hear the motor running and i can tell when it changes speeds (i run higher rpm when both are running together vs. only running bubblers). I'm not sure if the issue is with the pump or could be a blockage somewhere or how to test if the pump is failing.
My pool and pumps are 5 years old and i first started noticing problems last summer when we put in a heater/chiller and upgraded to an RS-8 from an RS-4. Everything seemed fine up to that point, but we had to reprogram everything with the upgraded controller and the output on the sconces didn't seem to be as much as it was before we added the equipment. When i am running the sconces and bubblers together, i had to set the pump at 3400rpm to get the flow rates i wanted and the max on the pump is 3450 rpm. A couple months ago when the freeze protection kicked on, there was basically no output from the bubblers or sconces, but a couple weeks ago when i turned it on, everything was running fine. I turned it on again yesterday and there was nothing coming out of the sconces.
I could have the guy that installed the heater/chiller troubleshoot it, but it's a pretty hefty trip charge and i feel like he's going to tell me i need a new pump and i'd rather have someone else look at it for an independent opinion. I'm still wondering why the issue showed up when we installed the heater/chiller and whether it had something to do with that or was just coincidental.
