Where is skimmer valve

There is no specific valve for turning on an aerator , but most pools have their valves labeled to help you figure out what each valve controls. Vasilina Eibl Pundit. Should pool main drain be open or closed? Opening the main drain and then closing the cleaner valve. All valves open will not hurt the equipment, but the cleaner will not operate correctly. Enemesio Cofre Pundit. How do you open a valve? The proper way to open a gate valve is to gently turn the handle counter-clockwise to the left without applying excessive force — do not 'jerk' the handle.

Stop turning as soon as there is any resistance. Salud Marangoni Teacher. What does a Jandy valve do? The two port Jandy valve controls the flow of water through a pipe, much like a traditional gate valve or ball valve would operate. This valve has an internal diverter. In the graphic, the off "block" is to the side, allowing the water to pass freely through the valve.

Stepaniya Hasperue Teacher. What is recirculate on a pool filter? Reviewing Recirculation. Yankhoba Mossbrugger Reviewer. How does a pool 3 way valve work? In effect a 3 - way valve operates as a Tee fitting, with adjustable flow rates to or from each pipe attached to the valve. A simple pool may have one 3 - way valve installed in front of the pump, to control the flow from the skimmer and main drain.

Lifang El Aouad Reviewer. How do I adjust the valves on my pool vacuum? Sink the hose and plug it into skimmer. Connect the vacuum head to the pole and then connect the swivel cuff on your vacuum hose to the vacuum head. Shameless Plug..

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Maintenance Service Changes Should I replaced the sinner and is this expensive. We have two skimmer diverters, that are used to switch between skimmer and main drain suction, search part number and SPXL, both on our website.

Old Style Sylvan used a 1. I have a very old Anthony in ground pool. My skimmer is missing the diverter valve. How do I get the correct diameter? Hi, you must be using the Pentair diverter, which is very similar but a little bigger. Val-Pak makes an aftermarket diverter for Anthony Skimmers, the type with a single hole in the center bottom.

The question comes up initially as it looks like when the pool is cleaning the float valve keeps the skimmer from pulling into the basket. So under the skimmer basket are two holes. I have a separate vacuum line which seems to work fine. I took the float valve out and it seems to make a big difference in the suction of the skimmer and the vacuum works fine still. Is this ok or am I putting my pool pump and plumbing in danger if the water level drops too low?

Dave the Float Valve, aka Turtle, aka spaceship, is a diverter to allow control of the flow from the skimmer and the main drain. The main drain is connected most often to the front hole, and the rear hole goes to the pump. Without the Float Valve, most of the suction going into the rear hole will be from the top down, the path of least resistance. The Float Valve has a or should have , a throttling plate screwed into the bottom that covers or uncovers a hole, in the bottom of the Float Valve.

When the plate is not covering the hole, most suction will be from the drain, but if you open the plate, that will allow skimmer suction, while still pulling some from the main drain. Could i use the main drain on the spa to stick my vacuum hose?

Thank you. For years, we have had poor skimmer action and believe there is blockage in the lines. How in the world can I purge those lines? Hi Bruce, if the skimmer action has gradually decreased over time, it could possibly be a clog, but also possibly a collapsed skimmer line, if they used Flex PVC pipe and not rigid PVC pipe.

I have the old style skimmer and the pump has a very weak suction. Everything seems to be working fine. Hi Julie, what may be happening is, if your skimmer suction has declined over the years, the skimmer line may have collapsed. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Search for:. Water is pulled to the circulation pump under negative pressure, then pumped through the filter and back to the pool.

In most pools, the pump suction can be diverted entirely to the skimmer, entirely to the main drain or divided between both. If the pool receives a lot of leaves and other debris, more suction may be required at the skimmer than the main drain to adequately strain debris floating on the surface.

Conversely, if dirt on the bottom of the pool is the principal contaminant, more suction is required at the main drain.