UPDATE: I've been messing around with things because I was convinced the suction end of the pump system was messed up. The goal was to get the flow / pressure correct before I messed with the heater more based on what everyone is saying. Again the roomba was moving very slow so I knew something was off.
I went through several steps to make sure there was no air leaks in the system. Then I shoved a wire snake down the skimmer and found some minor blockage. Once I worked through it the skimmer was better; yet still something seemed off. I had been wondering what the two vertically mounted disks were in the deep end and could always see some small debris/dirt round them. It dawned on me last night that they are the pool drains... If you observe the video of the system again you can see the pump intake has a Y split with two valves. The company that opened the pool had them both open. I closed the drain valve and the skimmer runs a lot better and the roomba runs across the pool now!! The bad news... The noise in the heater is now intermittent. I'll be looking at the bypass valve here soon and let you all know what I find.
I went through several steps to make sure there was no air leaks in the system. Then I shoved a wire snake down the skimmer and found some minor blockage. Once I worked through it the skimmer was better; yet still something seemed off. I had been wondering what the two vertically mounted disks were in the deep end and could always see some small debris/dirt round them. It dawned on me last night that they are the pool drains... If you observe the video of the system again you can see the pump intake has a Y split with two valves. The company that opened the pool had them both open. I closed the drain valve and the skimmer runs a lot better and the roomba runs across the pool now!! The bad news... The noise in the heater is now intermittent. I'll be looking at the bypass valve here soon and let you all know what I find.