Will Overflowing Pool Harm Pump?

[jk7228]

I am not at home and my pool is starting to over-flow from all the rain we're getting. My pump is scheduled to come on at 11am - will that much water in the pool cause problems? Do I need to try to get home and drain some water?

Thanks!

 

[tim5055]

It really shouldn't have any effect.

While the skimmer(s) won't work properly with an over filled pool, there will be no lasting damage.

 

[JohnT]

No, it won't hurt. Your skimmer won't clear surface debris like it is supposed to, but that's about it.

 

[jk7228]

Thank you! I'm not concerned about skimming right now as there are no leaves in the pool. I just wanted to make sure none of my equipment would be damaged.

 

[GaryT58]

If your filter has a drain setting (bypass filter but drain water) you may want to consider that depending upon how you feel about the drainage around your pool. Erosion around a pool would be a big deal. If you have good drainage then not an issue. When I had pool installed I also installed hard piping to run all gutter drains to back of property (I have sloped back into woods so that works perfectly).

 

[slickraft]

Just be sure your pool pump is not sitting in water when it turns on at 11 AM. A few years back we had almost 6" of rainfall in Phoenix within a few hours (extremely rare) and my yard and pool all became one large body of yuck which also left the pump about 1/3 submerged. I was able to shut off the breakers to the pool gear before the timer turned on and let it dry out a few days before applying power. The filtering and SLAM process was delayed but after about a week I got all the muck and debris out of the pool.

 

[bmoreswim]

Just be sure your pool pump is not sitting in water when it turns on at 11 AM..

Yeah, that's the key. (He says at 1 PM.)