Man, crazy weather you folks are getting and no having blackouts. Hope everything is OK
Rolling black outs possible NTX
- Thread starter colonelkirby
- Start date
Im guessing it's more than just s blackout at this point... I'm going to bed, no sense in worrying at this point, just hope my equipment makes it until the power comes back
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,709
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,709
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
We’ve been out of power for about 1.5 hrs. Should we turn the breaker off to the pump? I’m afraid to drain anything... we did wrap all the pipes.
I just had a 20 minute blackout in Austin. I went outside to prep for longer including putting torn up pieces of noodle in the returns and was almost ready to stop breakers when power resumed.
pumps are back on and running. Should I pull the torn noodles out of the return baskets now?
pumps are back on and running. Should I pull the torn noodles out of the return baskets now?
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,709
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
- Mar 20, 2017
- 139
- Pool Size
- 25500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
We're going on two hours with no power, i don't think it's a running blackout for us, i think it's an actual outage. The wife and I went out and drained the pump, booster, and filter. Breakers are off. If power is back tomorrow, I'll put it all back together and run it and hope for the best. The water followed easily, seemed like it could hold anther hour or two but we didn't want to risk it.
my thought is they should be floating at top as long as pumps are running...I did put a decent amount in each...just not sure if restricting flow even a little will bite me.
It was 3 or 4 degrees with ridiculous windchill last night when we decided to drain. The water flowed quickly out of the pumps (Didn’t freeze up coming out). We weren’t able to get water out of the pool but the equipment pad is probably saved.
I am still going. I don't have a pool noodle but put a small plastic container and a block of styrofoam into each skimmer to save me time if I have to drain.
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,709
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
We are on blackout #5 of the night. I get wind power is better, but not right now if it doesn’t work in ice. At this point send out a whaling fleet.
- Jul 17, 2019
- 3,709
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Power just back on. As soon as I stop shivering I’ll head out and check it out. Winter sucks.
HGalindo
Active member
- Apr 16, 2020
- 26
- Pool Size
- 16000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
We had 3 blackouts overnight, second two within 10 mins of each other which makes me wonder if the third was a real outage because it lasted an hour. I was putting on my long Johns to go out and drain the equipment when it blessedly came back on. Pump was running fine but I need to investigate further once there’s daylight. I’m concerned that tonight is going to be worse and wondering if I should drain in anticipation of repeated, extended blackouts. My concern is, I’m not super versed in draining. I have a spigot that my builder said to open up in case of a freeze and power outage, but is that enough? I have a heater and a cleaner booster as well. And I’m assuming I should open the waterfall valve. And I see people are stick pool noodle chunks in their skimmers, which I do have.
Everybody think of how long it takes to make ice cubes in your freezer at 0 degrees. Give or take thats where your outside temps are. If some thin ice crust starts to form in an hour, theonly place it might hurt is actuator valves or certain water features.
At 2 hours without power things might be starting to seize up, but still not to the point of bursting PVC. That old flimsy gardenhose with the kinks, maybe, but not 2 inch PVC.
so the morale of the story is that you have some time when the power goes out, but you are also right to have a plan ready to spring into action because a 20 minute outage can become 5 hours quickly.
I feel like I am reading post from Fargo, I am more worried about you and your families than the pool 
I'm with you, never drained a pool before. Draining the filter is ready enough, it has a plug on the side. What do you drain on the pump and booster pump?
