Hello Guys,
I'm embarrassed to say that after owning my own pool for the past 7 years, I am still unfamiliar with all of the pool plumbing. Thanks to this site, I have mastered the BBB method (or at least I think). Anyway, I was trying to figure out why my spillover spa was not blowing bubbles and decided that maybe I needed to replace the jets. (It has not blown bubbles for a very long time.) I came across some articles about an "air blower" being a possible cause. I can't seem to locate an air blower on my pool equipment, at least not based on the pics I've seen.
Please take a look at the picture below and let me know if that little black pump between the salt water cell and the filter housing could be some kind of an air blower for my spa. If not, what is it, what purpose does it serve, and is it difficult to replace? It is on the pressure side and it is connected to both a single pipe in the ground and to the pool returns. It is extremely old and any identifying information that was on it has completely faded.
Thank you in advance for your help.
(by the way, sorry for the aerial shot taken from at the top of my deck and for the crazy foliage from my trees).
I'm embarrassed to say that after owning my own pool for the past 7 years, I am still unfamiliar with all of the pool plumbing. Thanks to this site, I have mastered the BBB method (or at least I think). Anyway, I was trying to figure out why my spillover spa was not blowing bubbles and decided that maybe I needed to replace the jets. (It has not blown bubbles for a very long time.) I came across some articles about an "air blower" being a possible cause. I can't seem to locate an air blower on my pool equipment, at least not based on the pics I've seen.
Please take a look at the picture below and let me know if that little black pump between the salt water cell and the filter housing could be some kind of an air blower for my spa. If not, what is it, what purpose does it serve, and is it difficult to replace? It is on the pressure side and it is connected to both a single pipe in the ground and to the pool returns. It is extremely old and any identifying information that was on it has completely faded.
Thank you in advance for your help.
(by the way, sorry for the aerial shot taken from at the top of my deck and for the crazy foliage from my trees).