Air bubbles - finding leaks with a stethoscope

[vchavez]

I use a 3/4" length of pvc that's about 3' long to trace down air in the system. Put one end to your ear, the other end to the pipe. You'll be able to hear the air in the lines. Once you get to where you can't hear the air bubbles, you've found your leak. I'd check your Jandy valves on the suction side. Those are notorious for leaking.

Michael

That's very clever. I too, and having issues with air leaking over time as the pump runs.

I'll give this a shot....then again, most of the piping is underground...lol

[cygnusecks]

You can also use a stethoscope (like doctors use). Finally, to really look like a pro, you can use one of those fetal baby monitors like I did :-) My wife looked at me with a really curious look when I had the backyard dug up trying to figure out which pipe had running water by using our fetal monitor but it worked great.