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Pool Pump Question stooftheoof@yahoo.com 05-21-2006
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Posted by ronm on May 23, 2006, 8:35 am
that's what i do when i need to drain water.

> Thanks for the great suggestions!
>
> Do you think it would work to use the backflush setting down to the
> edge of the skimmer, then attach my vacuum hose directly to my pump,
> drape the hose over the edge of the pool into the water and then pump
> to backflush or waste setting?
>
> I was thinking about trying to avoid siphoning to speed things up, but
> that previous suggestion about the garden hose sounds pretty good.
>
> Thanks again.
>



Posted by on May 21, 2006, 9:09 pm
Fairly new to pools myself, and perhaps yours is plumbed differently,
but many have a valve that switches the intake to the pump from the
skimmer to a port at the bottom of the pool. If I turn the valve to
take water from the bottom, and open the backflush, I guess I could
pump it pretty dry,
Your milage may vary.


Posted by JMagerl on May 22, 2006, 12:47 pm
My Hayward valve has a position labelled "Waste". This dumps water to the
drain. Hook up the vacuum and put the valve in the waste position Just keep
an eye on it and do not let the pump run dry. The ceramic seals burn up when
there is no water to cool them off.

> Fairly new to pools myself, and perhaps yours is plumbed differently,
> but many have a valve that switches the intake to the pump from the
> skimmer to a port at the bottom of the pool. If I turn the valve to
> take water from the bottom, and open the backflush, I guess I could
> pump it pretty dry,
> Your milage may vary.
>



Posted by willshak on May 22, 2006, 9:54 am
stooftheoof@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'd like to drain my above-ground pool a few inches so that I can
> replace my skimmer basket. I have no pump other than the one that
> usually pulls pool water into my filter.
>
> Can I use that pump to drain the pool a few inches? For example, could
> I just pretend to be vacuuming, except instead of stopping when the
> water level gets to the low-water mark, I'd just keep going until the
> water level has gone down several inches?
>
> Or will that bring too little water into my pump?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
Just take the skimmer basket off with the pool full. That will drain
enough water.
Or if you don't want to get wet, pull the hose off the bottom of the
skimmer housing.

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
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