I have a older pool put in by previous owner. This year is my first summer and after setting up the pool and using it, I realized that there was a pop-up cleaner system that was not on.. (I have been using a robot). I thought i will try to set it up.
I rebuilt the five-port Caretaker valve, removed and cleaned all the popup heads and then turned the valve that switch outflow to Caretaker from the pool outflow. Most of the popups open up and there is flow from them. However the pressure at the Caretaker is around 5 psi. This seems low from what i read on the forums.
Observations:
System has a DE filter, whose output goes through a heater (not turned on) to a pipe junction with a valve that controls flow to pool outflow vs flow into caretaker.
The caretaker valve is a five port and the pool has five zones (through observation)
When I turn the valve to send to Pool outflow, i can see flow from the two outflow ports in the pool.
When I turn the valve to send to caretaker, the flow from the output ports tops.
However, I have a spa with a waterfall from the spa. I noticed that the spa ports have outflow in both the above cases. My suspicion is that somehow that the water is being diverted to it and hence reducing the pressure to caretaker.
Is there something wrong in my system or are things working as expected?
(attached rough map of pool)
I rebuilt the five-port Caretaker valve, removed and cleaned all the popup heads and then turned the valve that switch outflow to Caretaker from the pool outflow. Most of the popups open up and there is flow from them. However the pressure at the Caretaker is around 5 psi. This seems low from what i read on the forums.
Observations:
System has a DE filter, whose output goes through a heater (not turned on) to a pipe junction with a valve that controls flow to pool outflow vs flow into caretaker.
The caretaker valve is a five port and the pool has five zones (through observation)
When I turn the valve to send to Pool outflow, i can see flow from the two outflow ports in the pool.
When I turn the valve to send to caretaker, the flow from the output ports tops.
However, I have a spa with a waterfall from the spa. I noticed that the spa ports have outflow in both the above cases. My suspicion is that somehow that the water is being diverted to it and hence reducing the pressure to caretaker.
Is there something wrong in my system or are things working as expected?
(attached rough map of pool)