I'm just whining, but welcome suggestions.
I had my pump motor changed to variable speed last month. Last weekend, there was a small puddle of water when it was on overdrive, but then after carefully watching it all week, nothing.
We had cleaned our salt cell and zinc anode last Sat. I'd worried that priming from total drain down of the plumbing (which is inside a pool house) had taken longer that I liked. So at first I was worried that something happened during the long prime efforts that either cracked the impeller or bent the shaft. But then it stopped.
So after a week of no dripping at all, I'm suddenly getting a puddle under pump housing when its in heat mode (2800 rpm ish).
I have 72 people coming for a pool party, swg, and need the heat. I have a band coming early for a sound check, and I'm preparing the food myself. I absolutely do not have time to fool with a pool tech.
I think I can manage the leak/puddle to get through the party. But am I killing the bearings if its a shaft leak?
What would you do?
I will drop the rpms as much as possible but just don't feel I can take the pool down under extraordinary circumstance and risk unintended consequences.
I had my pump motor changed to variable speed last month. Last weekend, there was a small puddle of water when it was on overdrive, but then after carefully watching it all week, nothing.
We had cleaned our salt cell and zinc anode last Sat. I'd worried that priming from total drain down of the plumbing (which is inside a pool house) had taken longer that I liked. So at first I was worried that something happened during the long prime efforts that either cracked the impeller or bent the shaft. But then it stopped.
So after a week of no dripping at all, I'm suddenly getting a puddle under pump housing when its in heat mode (2800 rpm ish).
I have 72 people coming for a pool party, swg, and need the heat. I have a band coming early for a sound check, and I'm preparing the food myself. I absolutely do not have time to fool with a pool tech.
I think I can manage the leak/puddle to get through the party. But am I killing the bearings if its a shaft leak?
What would you do?
I will drop the rpms as much as possible but just don't feel I can take the pool down under extraordinary circumstance and risk unintended consequences.