Hi there. Trying to get some troubleshooting done. My local pool company can’t seem to figure this out.
We have a 2 year old in ground pool with a Hayward pump. Every time I vacuum the pool, the pump loses prime. The section where the basket is, before I start to vacuum, it’s primed and full of water. As soon as I start to clean the pool, and set the pump to “CLEAN” mode and I connect the hose to the filter/skimmer box the pump section with the basket is almost 1/3 of water. I can see water flowing in from the pipe, but not enough to fill that section. After about 20 minutes of vacuuming I will see air bubbles coming from the return jets in the pool.
Is this normal or do we have an issue?
We have a 2 year old in ground pool with a Hayward pump. Every time I vacuum the pool, the pump loses prime. The section where the basket is, before I start to vacuum, it’s primed and full of water. As soon as I start to clean the pool, and set the pump to “CLEAN” mode and I connect the hose to the filter/skimmer box the pump section with the basket is almost 1/3 of water. I can see water flowing in from the pipe, but not enough to fill that section. After about 20 minutes of vacuuming I will see air bubbles coming from the return jets in the pool.
Is this normal or do we have an issue?