Valve Positioning Help Needed

[anthonyd]

thanks for the info Ben! i rent this house and will let the landlord know about the possible suction issues.

i was out of town most of the weekend and didn't have the opportunity to test the valve positioning yet. i plan on doing this tonight.

i did snap a quick picture this morning as i forgot to let you know my vacuum attachment isn't inside the skimmer housing. it's actually on the side of the pool near the house. not sure if this changes anything?

also, i have two main drains - not sure why?

if the positioning of the skimmer doesn't matter i'll proceed with your recommendations this evening.

thanks again.

[BigDave]

Two main drains - far enough apart that one person can't cover both - are intended to mitigate the risk of drowning from getting stuck on the drain suction.
This is good.

[PoolDoc]

Thanks, Dave.

Yeah, it's a little ironic that the pool has two main drains, but has an unsafe vacuum port, with no warning info on the valve.

By the way, Tony, I moved your pics to the PF Picasa gallery. I've got way too many threads that have missing pictures either because vBulletin (the forum software) 'eats' them every time I upgrade OR because users used temporary picture hosting services. Since these threads stick around and are read for years, that's a bummer.

[kelemvor]

I think this is how you would run it "normally". I believe this is what pooldoc described, I just wanted to play with photoshop for a minute


Interestingly, my pool has a similar valve setup. It's capable of isolating skimmer, or floor vacuum lines or spa vacuum lines or combining the three how I like. Same thing for the pressure side returns. I also have two main drains, and also two drains in the spa (one on the bottom, and one on the side of the spa, a few inches from the bottom).