Purchased this skimmer, attached the all the fitting. Using a 2000 gph pump but for some reason the pump is not pumping water. Any help?
1065176
Height and distance is probubly the issue, my 1800 pumps great with my 3ft high water fall about 10 ft from my pond,there is two ports on the skimmer make sure the othe is closed and that the pump is working
1065177
have pump below water height of skimmer, my pump is in the pond and I have no trouble with the pump not getting suction.
1065178
check your hose and make sure water is in the hose if the hose is floating high than the skimmer the pump wont pump water thought the hose
708965
Make sure the cap is on tight. If it's still under warranty they will make it right. Other than that the pump has went out, no way to fix it. That's what happened to ours. As luck would have it, ours was out of warranty! I think they should put better pumps in there machines. Good luck.
389133
If it's new you may have a defective pump. Have you tried taking the pump off and running it under hot water? Do you have a pump from another product you could try, like a hairspray container?
1296869
Did you insert it into the white hole/valve thing? maybe you need to insert it just a bit further. Otherwise sounds like you did everything right. Maybe your pump is bad, try another. Good luck!
493909
Check and make sure the valve is open all the way so the manifold gets full flow and make sure there are no leaks or cracks and the mister nozzles aren't clogged up , mine works great but the nozzles occasionally get plugged up with alge.If that doesn't work .....maybe a bad pump ?
2124801
First try pump alone in pan of water.even on lo some water should flow thru. There is a dial on side of pump minus to plus. Turn it to plus for maximum flow rate. If nothing comes out it probably is defective It should move one half inch tube of water around one foot up
1677108
it sounds like the water is puming out to fast for the water coming in. the pump is probably too big for your application. try reducing the outlet hose size to about 3/4" instead of the 1 1/4" it is set up for. if the float had about 8" of travel instead of 3" you would be fine. my pump works fine for me, i am happy with it.
1155886
There are at least three possibilities. First there is an o-ring seal that could be damaged or missing. Second, the pump may not be completely pushed up inside the skimmer housing and the twistlock ring completely locked. Lastly, the skimmer housing does crack and may need to be replaced.
993004
Send it back! It's so easy to use that you shouldn't have this problem at all. As long as there is water in the correct tank and you are hitting the trigger button, it should work. Double check that you set it up correctly and there isn't anything clogging it. Then send it back.
1253421
the problem i have had is that it will tend to float above water level and the pump is rubbinf but not getting water mine burned out my pump, i quit using the skimmer.
203027
It took quite a bit of pumping to get water the first time I used it. Make sure the pick up tube is far enough down in the water. Also could be a defective pump. Hopefully this was helpful.
1013651
you need to have some type of skimmer or device that would allow the pump to maintain suction hard for any skimmer device at that depth pumps break suction then no pumping. the skimmer included does well an this pump does not have strong suction it does well to the advertised 1/8 inch. pumping up hill or pumping head is only a few feet another problem. depends on your circumstance. sounds like you need a wet vacuum. at 1/8 theres not much left to pump, all in all a good pump-for my uses.
1518282
I'm not sure, I just plug it into the return fitting where the skimmer basket is located. You need to keep the debris basket emptied next to your pump however.
392257
I had small leak where hoses entered the pool. However, I think you are referring to where the hose is attached to the pump. If that's the case I would check the O rings and make sure the coupling is alined correctly with the threads. Sometime plastic threads and coupling can get easily out of alinement during installation. Good luck!
245659
34 psi on your filter pressure gauge sounds way too high. Esp. since you say it was 10-12 last season, which sounds like a normal reading. I'd say your problem is that your filter is very very dirty, or you have something blocking the pipes (or both). I used to have to push a hose into the skimmer intake, forcing water to the pump, to clear the pipe.
1833463
I am using a 5000 gpm pump and the system works very well. Hope this helps.
1066254
I had same problem, the skimmer, put the cap on top of it than pump the primer as fast as possible you will see the water go thru the lines, I have air stones an caint run the skimmer, cause it sucks in air bubbles, also fill the canister with water before plugging it in an trying to prime.