When you put the hose and pipe in the skimmer to force water through the pump and filter, do you turn the pump on? Try turning the main drain off and the skimmer valve on. Put the hose in the skimmer and push water through til you see it coming out the backwash. Have someone turn the pump on. Pull the hose out of the skimmer. If that doesn't work, you need to make sure there isn't anything blocking the impeller.
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This is what I was trying to do but I've been trying to do it myself by running back and fourth, it wasn't working... However I got my wife to help me this time and IT WORKED! (For the moment.... ) [Edit, it stopped in less than 5 minutes, is it worth it to keep trying?] So I'm going to try and backwash more out, should I turn the MD back to open once it's running or no?
The pump is labeled as 4 H.P*, which is way too big for a small residential pool.*Note: 240 volts x 12 amps equals 2880 watts, which equals about 3.9 H.P consumed. So, I'm guessing that that's how they got 4 H.P. However, most of the time H.P is rated by power delivered, not used. I think that they are playing games to display a higher H.P than the pump should be labeled.
In any case, the pump is still oversized. It is dangerous, it is wasteful of electricity and it is going to overstress your system, and cause premature failure of components.
I would suggest one of the following.
FHPM1.0-2 (Jandy FloPro Medium Head Pump, 230/1 15 VAC, 1.0HP, 2-Speed.) Or
VS-FHP1.0 (Jandy VS FloPro Variable-Speed Pump With JEP-R Controller, 230 VAC, 1.0 HP)
I will look in to those two pumps and see if I can find them here in Canada, would you recommend one over tyhe other? I'm all about saving money over time so if you don't feel I need that big of a unit (although it looks very small lol) I'll be happy to take a look! (I was told that variable speed is the way to go from what I've read)
Is the attached spa not functional?
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Unfortunately at this moment, it is not. When I did the inspection with the guy he said it was cracked from turning up the boiler so they just took it out of the system (notice two heat exchangers on the wall), the guy I had inspect it however inspected it and said it was just the Gel from the tub that came off from what he can tell and there's an EPOXY out now that can fix that so the tub should be operational soon (I hope). We are fairly certain that the unit that is tied in to the pool right now was once used as the hot tub unit and through the process of elimination is now where the pool pump used to be because the pool pump died ect.