My skimmer is not clearing the pool surface during normal operation on filter mode. I only have one suction line which is the skimmer line.
When I set the multiport valve to backwash the skimmer is working great, so there is no blockage in the suction line. When I put the multiport valve back on filter, the skimmer is not pulling debris from the pool surface and the skimmer basket is not filling with debris. Flow seems good at the return jets and the pool is clear, but nothing on the surface is going into the skimmer. Pool level is half way up the skimmer like other years. I have just changed my filter sand with the prescribed amount of sand for my filter, cleaned the laterals, checked the pump impeller and pump basket.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Could I have a faulty mutiport valve?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
When I set the multiport valve to backwash the skimmer is working great, so there is no blockage in the suction line. When I put the multiport valve back on filter, the skimmer is not pulling debris from the pool surface and the skimmer basket is not filling with debris. Flow seems good at the return jets and the pool is clear, but nothing on the surface is going into the skimmer. Pool level is half way up the skimmer like other years. I have just changed my filter sand with the prescribed amount of sand for my filter, cleaned the laterals, checked the pump impeller and pump basket.
Does anyone have any suggestions? Could I have a faulty mutiport valve?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!