Hey all, I have a brand new pool and raised spa. It's cold here in NC and we've had temps below 33 at night.
I noticed my spa was losing some water sometimes at night and the builder said it was most likely from freeze protection mode turning on every 15 minutes, switching from pool mode to spa. I accepted that answer and to fix this, we just set the spill over to run in the morning to fill it back up (would range from 1-4 inches maybe). Well the last couple nights have been warmer, maybe 50 degrees, and I've noticed my spa was maybe 2 inches lower in the morning still. The pool level is not going down, so I assume the water is leaking back into the pool. Now I'm noticing since I'm home that even when the system is completely off, the spa drains down a little bit. I only have a check valve on the spa return side, which the builder early on opened up and confirmed was good, no debris and clean, so my current thought process is that it's back flowing through the suction line since there isn't a check valve on that side? Any one have thoughts on this? The actuators do appear to turn fine, but i'm going crazy trying to think about where the spa water is slipping back into the pool.
Thanks in advance
I noticed my spa was losing some water sometimes at night and the builder said it was most likely from freeze protection mode turning on every 15 minutes, switching from pool mode to spa. I accepted that answer and to fix this, we just set the spill over to run in the morning to fill it back up (would range from 1-4 inches maybe). Well the last couple nights have been warmer, maybe 50 degrees, and I've noticed my spa was maybe 2 inches lower in the morning still. The pool level is not going down, so I assume the water is leaking back into the pool. Now I'm noticing since I'm home that even when the system is completely off, the spa drains down a little bit. I only have a check valve on the spa return side, which the builder early on opened up and confirmed was good, no debris and clean, so my current thought process is that it's back flowing through the suction line since there isn't a check valve on that side? Any one have thoughts on this? The actuators do appear to turn fine, but i'm going crazy trying to think about where the spa water is slipping back into the pool.
Thanks in advance