Skimmer and Main Drain

[Tenna1970]

I haven’t changed or questioned the settings our pool maintenance tech had set prior to taking over the maintenance myself. He told me the setting is the direction the handle is in, not the arrow. Didn’t make sense to me then and doesn’t now. This is a photo of how it’s been set for the last two years. We get a lot of sand in the pool and fine dirt from the nine palms surrounding it. Is this the best setting for these conditions? Is the arrow actually pointed to the correct setting or is it the handle? Still a newly......
Thanks much!

 

[Pool_Medic]

It looks correct to my eye, you want to pull some water from the main drain.

Maybe ramp up your speed on a couple settings to try to get more pull from the skimmer (S).

 

[Texas Splash]

He told me the setting is the direction the handle is in, not the arrow.

Yeah, that can be confusing depending on which way you like to view the handle. I agree it looks good right now at about 80% skimmer and 20% drain. If you are the kind of pool owner who likes to sweep dust to the drain, you can always open the drain a little more during those periods. Having the skimmer open more (like it is now) is nice to encourage leaves and bugs into the skimmer quickly before they sink.

 

[Tenna1970]

It looks correct to my eye, you want to pull some water from the main drain.

Maybe ramp up your speed on a couple settings to try to get more pull from the skimmer (S).

Thank you!

 

[Tenna1970]

Yeah, that can be confusing depending on which way you like to view the handle. I agree it looks good right now at about 80% skimmer and 20% drain. If you are the kind of pool owner who likes to sweep dust to the drain, you can always open the drain a little more during those periods. Having the skimmer open more (like it is now) is nice to encourage leaves and bugs into the skimmer quickly before they sink.

Thanks much!

 

[Tenna1970]

Thanks much!