I'm trying to figure out if there is anything I can or should change here.
I have a pool with a raised spa. Jandy VS e-pump. Jandy PS4 controller.
A diagram of my plumbing is attached.
The "spa return" goes to the 6 return jets in my spa.
The "spa return floor" goes to a single jet in the floor or my spa.
When the pool was first opened a few weeks back, the red-labeled check valve was a 2-way valve. If this was open, and pump OFF, the spa would drain back through the other two return lines into the pool.
If this valve was closed, with the pump ON, there wasn't enough pressure to force the spillover to circulate the spa water back to the pool.
So the guy that opened the pool closed the "spa return floor", and adjusted something to increase the pressure to the normal spa return so the spillover would always run when the pump is ON - without the floor return. (I'm not sure what he adjusted, I thought he said it was in the actuator valve, but not sure that makes sense).
Fast forward to today - pool builder sends a plumber out to fix the original issue. I didn't get to talk to him to know exactly what he did, but he replaced the two-way valve with the the red check valve on "spa return floor" to fix the spa draining problem.
Everything appears to be functioning just like it did when the prior 2-way valve on the "spa return floor" was a CLOSED valve. The spillover seems to be about the same flow.
I'm not sure what the purpose of the "spa return floor" is if it's not to engage the spillover. It seems like that return would optimally have an actuator on it so I can schedule the spillover.
Several questions I guess:
1) What did the pool opener likely adjust to get the spillover to work without the "spa return floor" open? Could he have directed more water through that actuator towards the "spa return", or did just he likely just change the pump speed?
2) Nobody showed me anything about adjusting the VS pump - I assume it always runs at the same output currently. Could I perhaps adjust it up and down to run the spillover or not?
3) Could I (should I) put an actuator on the "spa return floor" so I can control that valve to run the spillover?
I have a pool with a raised spa. Jandy VS e-pump. Jandy PS4 controller.
A diagram of my plumbing is attached.
The "spa return" goes to the 6 return jets in my spa.
The "spa return floor" goes to a single jet in the floor or my spa.
When the pool was first opened a few weeks back, the red-labeled check valve was a 2-way valve. If this was open, and pump OFF, the spa would drain back through the other two return lines into the pool.
If this valve was closed, with the pump ON, there wasn't enough pressure to force the spillover to circulate the spa water back to the pool.
So the guy that opened the pool closed the "spa return floor", and adjusted something to increase the pressure to the normal spa return so the spillover would always run when the pump is ON - without the floor return. (I'm not sure what he adjusted, I thought he said it was in the actuator valve, but not sure that makes sense).
Fast forward to today - pool builder sends a plumber out to fix the original issue. I didn't get to talk to him to know exactly what he did, but he replaced the two-way valve with the the red check valve on "spa return floor" to fix the spa draining problem.
Everything appears to be functioning just like it did when the prior 2-way valve on the "spa return floor" was a CLOSED valve. The spillover seems to be about the same flow.
I'm not sure what the purpose of the "spa return floor" is if it's not to engage the spillover. It seems like that return would optimally have an actuator on it so I can schedule the spillover.
Several questions I guess:
1) What did the pool opener likely adjust to get the spillover to work without the "spa return floor" open? Could he have directed more water through that actuator towards the "spa return", or did just he likely just change the pump speed?
2) Nobody showed me anything about adjusting the VS pump - I assume it always runs at the same output currently. Could I perhaps adjust it up and down to run the spillover or not?
3) Could I (should I) put an actuator on the "spa return floor" so I can control that valve to run the spillover?
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