I am new to pools.
I did a SLAM last week and added DE to the sand filter for the second time. Pressures were stable, up from 25 to 27
The next morning I heard the pump running loud. The water level was a little low and I added water. The pump was running but not with a full flow virous basket. Power cycling the pump seemed to solve it.
It did it the next night overnight again. I noted the pressure was up to 30 when that happened. There was some water leakage from the pump lid gasket when it restarted. I did a backwash and rinse cycle a couple of times.
Today it did it again.
I have noticed the skimmer is basically not functioning when this happens (bakset floating with debris no suction). The returns have low pressure.. So tonight i closed the floor drains to run more water through the skimmer in fear that the DE adding gunked a line or something.
After reading some more I am wondering if this is this a suction sided air leak form the pump lid gasket? Planning to leave the floor drains closed overnight as a test with just the skimmer running unless someone tells me differently.
I did a SLAM last week and added DE to the sand filter for the second time. Pressures were stable, up from 25 to 27
The next morning I heard the pump running loud. The water level was a little low and I added water. The pump was running but not with a full flow virous basket. Power cycling the pump seemed to solve it.
It did it the next night overnight again. I noted the pressure was up to 30 when that happened. There was some water leakage from the pump lid gasket when it restarted. I did a backwash and rinse cycle a couple of times.
Today it did it again.
I have noticed the skimmer is basically not functioning when this happens (bakset floating with debris no suction). The returns have low pressure.. So tonight i closed the floor drains to run more water through the skimmer in fear that the DE adding gunked a line or something.
After reading some more I am wondering if this is this a suction sided air leak form the pump lid gasket? Planning to leave the floor drains closed overnight as a test with just the skimmer running unless someone tells me differently.