Hi friends,
Pool newbie here. I just discovered I had a weir door in my pool shed so I clipped it into place in the skimmer and all went well (amazed at the difference it made!) this morning though I heard the motor noisier than normal, checked it out and the weir door had been sucked closed by the skimmer and was blocking any water flow and the motor had been sucking dry for an hour woops.
I have put a large stone in the skimmer now (between the skimmer plate and weir) which prevents the flap from being able to get sucked all the way down again but it's not ideal the stone could fall into the basket at anytime and it will happen again.
The water level is right on halfway or perhaps a bit less of the skimmer, not sure what else I should do?
It's a vac/weir. Part number is quip master sk1000, I leave the vaccum port closed fully. The polystyrene is intact and it seems to float OK most of the time but with my pump running 12 hours a day I'm very concerned of burning it out if left all day.
Any ideas?
Pool newbie here. I just discovered I had a weir door in my pool shed so I clipped it into place in the skimmer and all went well (amazed at the difference it made!) this morning though I heard the motor noisier than normal, checked it out and the weir door had been sucked closed by the skimmer and was blocking any water flow and the motor had been sucking dry for an hour woops.
I have put a large stone in the skimmer now (between the skimmer plate and weir) which prevents the flap from being able to get sucked all the way down again but it's not ideal the stone could fall into the basket at anytime and it will happen again.
The water level is right on halfway or perhaps a bit less of the skimmer, not sure what else I should do?
It's a vac/weir. Part number is quip master sk1000, I leave the vaccum port closed fully. The polystyrene is intact and it seems to float OK most of the time but with my pump running 12 hours a day I'm very concerned of burning it out if left all day.
Any ideas?