SixPapaCharlie
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First: [Rant] As God is my witness, I will never have a pool again in my life. Sure when the kids are little, its fun but when they grow up, it is just this thing I have to maintain that never gets used. [Rant Over]
I have an in ground, saltwater pool with connections at the filter, pump, cleaner, heater, and chlorine generator.
I noticed that there are some air bubbles coming from the returns and I am aware of 1 water leak at the heater and 1 at the filter.
Visible crack in the nut at the filter.
I can't get the right nut for a couple weeks so I got the fiber glass, resin, and some flex tape and over fixed it. So no visible leaks. the system is air tight at the equipment area.
Still seeing significant amount of air in the pool returns and the "pump Bowl" is only able to fill about half way with water. It surges a bit as well so I think the system is sucking air somewhere.
There are 3 suction points. 1 for the hot tub and 2 for the pool both have the same issue with the "pump Bowl" not being to fully fill with water.
In the image below, lets just call the thing circled in red the "pump Bowl" I don't know what it is called but that is the thing that should be full when the pump is on but is only filling half way.
couple thoughts:
1. Maybe the pump motor is compromised and weak - Doesn't make sense that I would be getting air in the system when changing from one suction source to another. The motor is only about a year old.
2. If I did have a crack in an underground pipe, could it draw in air and cause this issue and if so, how would one go about locating a leak in an underground PVC pipe?
Thank you aviation forum for having the answers to all of life's problems and not just airplane stuff.
Disregard the clutter and dismembered control panel, when I took the photo, I was replacing the control board to solve a different problem (Pools are like planes. Expensive, mostly broken, but not nearly as fun)
I have an in ground, saltwater pool with connections at the filter, pump, cleaner, heater, and chlorine generator.
I noticed that there are some air bubbles coming from the returns and I am aware of 1 water leak at the heater and 1 at the filter.
Visible crack in the nut at the filter.
I can't get the right nut for a couple weeks so I got the fiber glass, resin, and some flex tape and over fixed it. So no visible leaks. the system is air tight at the equipment area.
Still seeing significant amount of air in the pool returns and the "pump Bowl" is only able to fill about half way with water. It surges a bit as well so I think the system is sucking air somewhere.
There are 3 suction points. 1 for the hot tub and 2 for the pool both have the same issue with the "pump Bowl" not being to fully fill with water.
In the image below, lets just call the thing circled in red the "pump Bowl" I don't know what it is called but that is the thing that should be full when the pump is on but is only filling half way.
couple thoughts:
1. Maybe the pump motor is compromised and weak - Doesn't make sense that I would be getting air in the system when changing from one suction source to another. The motor is only about a year old.
2. If I did have a crack in an underground pipe, could it draw in air and cause this issue and if so, how would one go about locating a leak in an underground PVC pipe?
Thank you aviation forum for having the answers to all of life's problems and not just airplane stuff.
Disregard the clutter and dismembered control panel, when I took the photo, I was replacing the control board to solve a different problem (Pools are like planes. Expensive, mostly broken, but not nearly as fun)