Great Tutorial! Works also for the minimax performance 400 pool heater purex pool equipment. Thank you for taking the time to make it! Much appreciated.
This is by far absolutely the best tutorial on the pool basics and how to simply utilize the different valves and understand clearly the intake and outflow of water to the pool. I’m a new pool owner as well so this was really on point. Thank you very much and I look forward to reviewing more of your videos. Your communication was clear, concise, and you repeat it, the important points to assure that they were understood. Thank you again very very much.
Thank you for your demonstration. Very well detailing. It helps me solve my spa and pool system. I mark everything, and everything starts to get easy. Thank you again.
Very grateful to have benefited from your video sir. Second season on my new pool and after watching your video I get it now thanks to you. I don’t speak pool technician very well and I’m sure he is as frustrated with my questions as I am. 😂 🙏🏻
Thanks so much for explaining the pool and the spa system so well. It was easy to understand the concept because my pool system is perfectly similar to yours . I live in Southern California and my spa has fine particles settling down in the bottom. How would you clean the spa floor to remove the dust and particles?
I’m glad you found this video useful. I also have particles in the spa. Big pieces can be skimmed manually or will flow over into the pool skimmer. For sand and dust you can try to stir it around and let that circulate into the pool to be cleaned. BUT, for the best spa clean, they sell a “pool vacuum head”, check Amazon they are about $20 - $40. This attaches in place of your robot cleaner and you can hand vacuum the spa. You may need another hose section to make the distance. It’s also handy for cleaning stairs. I guess you could also try putting your robot cleaner in the spa too for a little while. Hope that helps!
I saw in some video where the direction of your valve adjustments should always be in the same direction, even if you miss your mark, go all the way around again. This helps with the wear of the valve adjustment mechanism.
Great video. I'm not sure if I missed it, but when would you turn on either the spa floor drain or the pool floor drain? If you have a separate pump for your spa, does that make it a separate loop?
how do you keep the water in the spa clean? does this mean that it always runs together with the pool? With always the spillover/waterfall and the sound of it? and do you not get a high pH value quickly? Or do you switch the whole system to the Spa every now and then?
Hello! That is the suction line for the pool vacuum. You can use the valve to adjust suction or turn it off. The vacuum has a separate filter to trap items. Similar to the skimmer basket, you want to filter larger debris that could harm the pump.
Thank you so much for your video and explanation. It is very helpful. I am a new user and want to install a jacuzzi. It's got 2 pumps, 1 filter, 1 heater and 1 blower. Please can you assist me on how to go about to install everything and explain why it's got 2 pumps. I also needs to know where and how do I connect the buttons on top of the jacuzzi. I'm not sure but I suppose, one button is for the bubbles(water) throuht the jets and the other for extra airflow.
Very concise valve/water flow explanation. I'm curious to know though, would I follow this same philosophy when vacuuming manually in an apartment setting where the pool & spa have separate filters, pumps, heater? Feel like I'm overthinking this, but hey, I came to learn. Appreciate you Brother...really good video 👌🏿
Hello! In a different setup with separate filters, you'll want to get an understanding of flow. Pump side will be the suction, what exits from the filter will be the returns to form your loop. Best of luck!
There were remnants of some labels that helped me to narrow things down. You can briefly try to reduce or close one valve at a time once you have an educated guess, to help identify. Just be mindful of flow so that you don’t completely cut off suction. Best of luck!
Thanks for watching. “Normal” mode for me is really “clean” mode where the vacuum is running around the pool many hours every day. We swim with that setup as well, but I suppose a version of normal would be with the vacuum out. At that point you could open the floor drains and use skimmer & floor drains for circulation and decide if you want the spa in the loop or not. Hope that helps!
Is it safe to turn any of those valves (that are not on the filter), with the pump running? Or is it best to turn off the pump like you would when turning the valve on the big filter? I noticed you did it while running the pump for the cleaner, but maybe thats the exception ? Thanks!
It’s safest to turn the valves with the pump off, but with experience you can turn some valves with the pump running. The most important piece is to understand the flow. The risk is you could break vacuum and pull air into the system or cut off water flow completely. Either of those will over stress the pump. Whenever turning a valve with the pump running, I do it very slowly and keep an eye on flow and an ear on the pump RPM. Thanks for watching!
We just bought a house with a pool, and what should we have running all the time. I skim with the skimmer pole it and cannot get all the Nats out. It seems to be very dirty. Should I put the bubble and skimmer on?
Hello. I have a pool vacuum and the spa, so your setup may be different. Think of the water flow as a circuit or circular motion. I have all my bottom drains turned off. This way the water moves across the top of the spa, across the top of the pool, pushing all the floating debris to the simmer basket, and eventually into the filter, and back to the pool. The only exception is that some of the flow also goes to the pool vacuum, which cleans the bottom of the pool. Hope this helps!
Hello, can you tell me what causes the water in the SPA to go down below the jets as soon as the motor stops. When to motor starts the water will begin to overflow, maybe there’s an adjustment that I have to make. Thanks
If the water coming in and out of the heater is the same and only directed which way to go by the exterior valves. Why does the heater have a Pool and Spa mode?
I checked the documentation. The heater has two thermostats so you can leave the dials set at different desired temperatures. It’s for convenience, since you commonly would set the spa temp higher than pool temp. Hope that is helpful.
If you have an automatic pool cleaning vacuum, check to be sure it's not clogged. Disconnect the vacuum hose somewhere close to the pool wall and see if there is suction. Also, mine works like a very simple clockwork type of mechanism with gears and a paddle inside. Sometimes a stick or something can get in there and it won't move around. Best of luck, I'm interested to know if you solved it!
Yes, I leave the spa drain closed. This forces water to flow across the top of the spa, and out of the small waterfall spout into the pool. The purpose of this is so floating debris can get pulled into the pool skimmer. I hope that was clear, it would make more sense if you saw a picture. thanks for watching!
Hello! Similar principle if there isn't a heater. What comes into the pump is the suction from the pool, what exits the filter is the return back into the pool. Thanks for watching!
Great explanation!! But I like to ask you something? I understanding very well how the valves worked, butt I can't understanding how you are cleaning the filter?? The filter is cleaning the water, butt it is necessary to clean the filter also and how it's build it's not possible. It's more than that, it's dangerous!
U should add that when you turn the valve, u need to be cognizant of where the “OFF” is when u are actively turning the valve and make sure it doesn’t go in front of the pipe directly into the pump bc it will “deadhead” the pump. Same thing in the return side, u don’t want the OFF be turned in front of the pipe coming from the heater and towards the return valves bc it will stop the water flowing. If u are new, i recommend turning off the pump while moving the valves until u are more confident in moving the valves. And once everything is moved, then turn the pump back on…
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I'm a new cloudy pool owner and this is a great video. It provides me some of the require information to get my water clean. Thank you.
Good job. I am a pool technician and couldn't have exsplained this better. Once you understand water in and water out the rest will make sense.
Thanks for the kind feedback! I had a lot to learn, still do.
@@renaissancelaboratories5645 yes sir the industry is always changing so always new stuff to learn.
This is the only part of training I’m struggling with. But I’m starting to pick it up.
One of the best tutorials that make it easy to figure out your pool's plumbing puzzle, thank you.
Great Tutorial! Works also for the minimax performance 400 pool heater purex pool equipment. Thank you for taking the time to make it! Much appreciated.
This is by far absolutely the best tutorial on the pool basics and how to simply utilize the different valves and understand clearly the intake and outflow of water to the pool. I’m a new pool owner as well so this was really on point. Thank you very much and I look forward to reviewing more of your videos. Your communication was clear, concise, and you repeat it, the important points to assure that they were understood. Thank you again very very much.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much! Very detailed and easy to understand, i finally understand what i was doing wrong
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Nice and Simple Great Job. Always wanted to learn.
Great and informative! The Chart was PLUS!👊🏽😎
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
Echoing the prior compliments - well done, my friend, well done. Awesome video.
Much appreciated!
This is the best tutorials for beginners. Thank you.
I appreciate that! Thanks!
Thank you for your demonstration. Very well detailing. It helps me solve my spa and pool system. I mark everything, and everything starts to get easy. Thank you again.
That is great! Thank you for watching.
Best walk through I’ve seen, thank you so much!!!!
This really helped man. Thank you. Hottub was emptying. I think I get why now
Hope you can get it sorted! Thanks for watching!
Very grateful to have benefited from your video sir. Second season on my new pool and after watching your video I get it now thanks to you. I don’t speak pool technician very well and I’m sure he is as frustrated with my questions as I am. 😂 🙏🏻
Awesome video that helped me understand how all these plumbing works. Thank you.
I'm glad you found it useful!
ok thanks for this valuable info. So when i come to the house i turn on the system and make sure the vlves go back to where you left them?
Thank you so much! Very helpful!
Man you absolutely great very educational and helpful more so than my builder you saved my day thanks a million million
Glad to hear it, and thank you for watching!
Thanks so much for explaining the pool and the spa system so well. It was easy to understand the concept because my pool system is perfectly similar to yours .
I live in Southern California and my spa has fine particles settling down in the bottom. How would you clean the spa floor to remove the dust and particles?
I’m glad you found this video useful. I also have particles in the spa. Big pieces can be skimmed manually or will flow over into the pool skimmer. For sand and dust you can try to stir it around and let that circulate into the pool to be cleaned. BUT, for the best spa clean, they sell a “pool vacuum head”, check Amazon they are about $20 - $40. This attaches in place of your robot cleaner and you can hand vacuum the spa. You may need another hose section to make the distance. It’s also handy for cleaning stairs. I guess you could also try putting your robot cleaner in the spa too for a little while. Hope that helps!
I saw in some video where the direction of your valve adjustments should always be in the same direction, even if you miss your mark, go all the way around again. This helps with the wear of the valve adjustment mechanism.
Thank you. This video is just what i needed!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Great video. I'm not sure if I missed it, but when would you turn on either the spa floor drain or the pool floor drain? If you have a separate pump for your spa, does that make it a separate loop?
how do you keep the water in the spa clean? does this mean that it always runs together with the pool? With always the spillover/waterfall and the sound of it? and do you not get a high pH value quickly?
Or do you switch the whole system to the Spa every now and then?
Awesome! Marking the flow in the pool is essential! Now I know! Where can I get a copy of your diagram?
amazing video sir, thank you very much.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Clearly and smart explanation, thanks.
excellent video exactly what i needed. Thanks
Glad it helped! I felt like there was so much to learn.
Well explained. Just one question : What is the need for the "cleaner " (see diagram 8:25) if you already have a filter ?
Hello! That is the suction line for the pool vacuum. You can use the valve to adjust suction or turn it off. The vacuum has a separate filter to trap items. Similar to the skimmer basket, you want to filter larger debris that could harm the pump.
Thank you so much for your video and explanation. It is very helpful. I am a new user and want to install a jacuzzi. It's got 2 pumps, 1 filter, 1 heater and 1 blower. Please can you assist me on how to go about to install everything and explain why it's got 2 pumps. I also needs to know where and how do I connect the buttons on top of the jacuzzi. I'm not sure but I suppose, one button is for the bubbles(water) throuht the jets and the other for extra airflow.
Very concise valve/water flow explanation. I'm curious to know though, would I follow this same philosophy when vacuuming manually in an apartment setting where the pool & spa have separate filters, pumps, heater?
Feel like I'm overthinking this, but hey, I came to learn. Appreciate you Brother...really good video 👌🏿
Hello! In a different setup with separate filters, you'll want to get an understanding of flow. Pump side will be the suction, what exits from the filter will be the returns to form your loop. Best of luck!
Awesome explanation!
Best explanation thanks!
Question #1….how were you able to determine the “main drain” valve?
There were remnants of some labels that helped me to narrow things down. You can briefly try to reduce or close one valve at a time once you have an educated guess, to help identify. Just be mindful of flow so that you don’t completely cut off suction. Best of luck!
Don’t you have to have the pump on if u have the heater on?
Good job. New pool owner here as well, what does “normal” mode look like? (Anybody can answer)
Thanks for watching. “Normal” mode for me is really “clean” mode where the vacuum is running around the pool many hours every day.
We swim with that setup as well, but I suppose a version of normal would be with the vacuum out. At that point you could open the floor drains and use skimmer & floor drains for circulation and decide if you want the spa in the loop or not. Hope that helps!
Great explanation, thanks for sharing
Glad it was helpful!
Everything in front to the pump is suction on the side is return that way is simple to learn
Thank-you!!
Thanks!
Is it safe to turn any of those valves (that are not on the filter), with the pump running? Or is it best to turn off the pump like you would when turning the valve on the big filter? I noticed you did it while running the pump for the cleaner, but maybe thats the exception ? Thanks!
It’s safest to turn the valves with the pump off, but with experience you can turn some valves with the pump running. The most important piece is to understand the flow. The risk is you could break vacuum and pull air into the system or cut off water flow completely. Either of those will over stress the pump. Whenever turning a valve with the pump running, I do it very slowly and keep an eye on flow and an ear on the pump RPM. Thanks for watching!
Would it be possible to get a copy of your diagrams?? Thanks so much.
We just bought a house with a pool, and what should we have running all the time. I skim with the skimmer pole it and cannot get all the Nats out. It seems to be very dirty. Should I put the bubble and skimmer on?
Hello. I have a pool vacuum and the spa, so your setup may be different. Think of the water flow as a circuit or circular motion. I have all my bottom drains turned off. This way the water moves across the top of the spa, across the top of the pool, pushing all the floating debris to the simmer basket, and eventually into the filter, and back to the pool. The only exception is that some of the flow also goes to the pool vacuum, which cleans the bottom of the pool. Hope this helps!
Hello, can you tell me what causes the water in the SPA to go down below the jets as soon as the motor stops.
When to motor starts the water will begin to overflow, maybe there’s an adjustment that I have to make.
Thanks
is you spa level with pool ? how fare are your pumps from spa and pool?
I need help identifying my valves, we had new ones put in and our pool isnt running properly. I will pay you.
Thanks great job 🥰👍👏.
I’m glad you found it helpful!
If the water coming in and out of the heater is the same and only directed which way to go by the exterior valves. Why does the heater have a Pool and Spa mode?
I checked the documentation. The heater has two thermostats so you can leave the dials set at different desired temperatures. It’s for convenience, since you commonly would set the spa temp higher than pool temp. Hope that is helpful.
automation controls systems
Nice video
Thank you, glad it was helpful!
I usually turn skimmer on to vacuum but yesterday I noticed is not working can u help with any tip? Is not suctioning
If you have an automatic pool cleaning vacuum, check to be sure it's not clogged. Disconnect the vacuum hose somewhere close to the pool wall and see if there is suction. Also, mine works like a very simple clockwork type of mechanism with gears and a paddle inside. Sometimes a stick or something can get in there and it won't move around. Best of luck, I'm interested to know if you solved it!
Great explanation. Don't laugh, but I really also wanted to see your setup when in normal ops. Do you keep the spa drain off in normal ops?
Yes, I leave the spa drain closed. This forces water to flow across the top of the spa, and out of the small waterfall spout into the pool. The purpose of this is so floating debris can get pulled into the pool skimmer. I hope that was clear, it would make more sense if you saw a picture. thanks for watching!
What happens when you don’t have a heater?
Hello! Similar principle if there isn't a heater. What comes into the pump is the suction from the pool, what exits the filter is the return back into the pool. Thanks for watching!
Great explanation!!
But I like to ask you something?
I understanding very well how the valves worked, butt I can't understanding how you are cleaning the filter?? The filter is cleaning the water, butt it is necessary to clean the filter also and how it's build it's not possible.
It's more than that, it's dangerous!
Amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤
Thanks, I'm glad you found it useful.
I am very confused; why are there no automated valves? Are you expecting the owner to keep switching it back and forth
automation systems cost 2500 and up
Correct, this setup does not have any automated valves. Thanks for watching!
U should add that when you turn the valve, u need to be cognizant of where the “OFF” is when u are actively turning the valve and make sure it doesn’t go in front of the pipe directly into the pump bc it will “deadhead” the pump. Same thing in the return side, u don’t want the OFF be turned in front of the pipe coming from the heater and towards the return valves bc it will stop the water flowing.
If u are new, i recommend turning off the pump while moving the valves until u are more confident in moving the valves. And once everything is moved, then turn the pump back on…
100% you don't want to completely cut off either side of the flow. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the advice
Thank you. This helped me
My spa constantly drains when we c put it in spa mode? Why?
do you have automated valves
Rockstar!
12:58
Confusing in n out
I can try to help answer any question you may have. Thanks for watching!
Step one. Do not use ball valves. They're garbage. Use a jandy.
Inconsistent use of 'in' and 'out' terminology!
IRRITATING!
Very fair feedback, I’ll be more careful. Thanks for watching.