Hi! When Spa booster pump is activated de valve remains the same. I don't even know what an actuator is. So no instructions are available to me. Sorry!
Spa Water Cloudy at times then Clears itself within one hour
- Thread starter RESISTENCIA13
- Start date
- Feb 6, 2015
- 7,844
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Go back to post #39.
Those rectangular boxes under the valve handles and which sit on top of the diverter valves are actuators.
There are quite a few brands of actuators - most will work on multiple brands of diverter valves.
Hi! Attached is the manual and pictures of my actuator. Still not sure what to do. Read manual, but no sure how to proceed. Please advise.
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Just saw this post now. Do you mean the filter pump water level goes down and has to be primed again? If so yes. I check the pump o ring and seems to be fine. WHat else can I check? When checking how would I know if something is wrong? I do not see water leaks anywhere. Please advise. Thanks
- May 3, 2014
- 62,727
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
You are pulling air into the system.
With you or a helper at the pump, turn it off. Listen for air being sucked in.
With you or a helper at the pump, turn it off. Listen for air being sucked in.
I hear a whistling sound coming from the pump. O Ring looks good though. Do i replace it anyways? Am i missing something? Anything else to look at at pump? See attched pictures.
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- May 3, 2014
- 62,727
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Use pool lube on the oring of the pump basket, the water connection, and the drain plugs.
- May 3, 2014
- 62,727
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Got it ! Did all that, but now my pump will not prime not even manually. zi spent 10 minutes trying to prime with a hose and still pump is not priming.
- May 3, 2014
- 62,727
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
No leaks, nothing loose, all seems ok but pump basket empties the moment i turn on the pump.
The instructions are on pages 7 & 8. However your actuator is already cammed so you want to return it to normal setting.
Before doing this lets recap.
In current Pool Mode, some water is diverter to the spa now through the cammed diverter valve. This results in constant spillover to the pool. When you rotated the return valve to fully open to Spa - I think you mentioned the spa spillover was too much. Is that true? In Spillover mode, it has to be full open because then the valve has to fully rotate to be put back in Pool mode which results in the spa side being fully off (no spillover in pool mode).
So before the actuator is adjusted are you OK with it being fully rotated open for Spillover mode? It cannot be cammed partially open in Spillover mode because the valve actuator responds to 2 different commands - 1 is Spa/Pool mode and 2 is Spillover mode.
I discovered the issue. I had a bad lid. Replaced the pool pump lid with the Spa Booster Pool lid and is now working without any bubbles. Thanks
Hi! Yes, everything that you said it's true. Before making that a decision I have a question. Do you really think that the partial spillover. The way is now makes any difference on PH? My spa is almost at the level with pool for that very same reason. When I built the pool I was concern with PH being risen due to water feature. See attached pics of my spill over.
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Thanks for the photos. Any aeration will help pH rise. So making that "waterfall" as minimum as feasible will help reduce the aeration effect. It is just something you may have to deal with on an ongoing occasion.
The other option is to set up the Spillover mode on the actuators but when you program Spillover set up a very low speed for the pump to reduce the amount of water spilling over.
Hi! I decided to keep it as is for now as I really do not want to have the spillover open at 100% when on spillover mode. Thanks for all your help.