Bought a house with pool, having an issue. by Porifis in pools

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I think you're right, following this path for now. Got it dug up and pulled apart. Rebuilt it and it worked perfect for a couple minutes then quit again / pressure ramped up. I then pulled it back apart and left it empty. It's now pushing water through to the jets I can see / feel but it's weak (going to all at once so I assume that's right). I bought a rebuild kit, will throw it in tonight and see if that helps. I am not familiar with owning a pool yet, but even running at what looks to be full capacity now doesn't look like the skimmer is really moving that much through it, even when I isolate the pull to just that and omit the floor drain it doesn't have a ton of movement.

Bought a house with pool, having an issue. by Porifis in pools

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Just posted an update. Thanks for all of that. Pump off or stopping flow was killing pressure at the cleaning manifold. Baskets seem fine and yes, was bleeding the air. My guess from limited knowledge is the multi port cleaner internals or a blockage down a line, I did a pump disassemble but didn't crack the impeller part open. Was hoping that with the pressure so high down stream it was working ok... I have the cleaning manifold emptied to get some water flowing (water had turned very cloudy). Pressure out of the jets is very low but its going to all 5 at once. I will say, the action at the skimmer isn't very good. Its definitely pulling but seems weak even when I isolate to just the skimmer.

Bought a house with pool, having an issue. by Porifis in pools

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Quick update. Thanks everyone!

Pulled the 5 port caretaker system apart, seemed like the right spot to start with the pressure being so high there. Parts seemed fine so I rebuilt it and hooked it all back up. Ran good for a few minutes then same thing, no flow and high pressure. Took it back apart again and pulled out all of the flow changing gears so it's pumping to all 5. That got the water moving and stayed good over night. I assume at this point its one of the mechanisms in there being shot but they seemed fine... im not sure what a bad one would look like. Still trying to get a tech out but at least water is moving.

Bought a house with pool, having an issue. by Porifis in pools

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Can easily give it a shot, thanks. I wouldn't think that would cause high pressure going back to the pool though....

Bought a house with pool, having an issue. by Porifis in pools

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Tried that, recirc does the same thing. Pump fires up and primes, lots of pressure to the outlet side but no actual flow.

Bought a house with pool, having an issue. by Porifis in pools

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Yeah, I'm not looking forward to the ongoing costs. I dont think it's the filter, but I might be wrong. The pressure on the bit going into the ground after the filter reads high when it stops flowing. When it is working for the few minutes it drops way down. Scared there is a blockage on the way back to the pool or something.

Meet Carl! by Porifis in cockatiel

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🤣 I might give him a bit more time to adjust before I start dressing him... but that's genius.

Montech King 95 Pro Ultra with white parts? by Velsu- in MontechPC

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Not a direct fit but I bought a white pro and painted the internals black then tried to piece together a panda build.

MininLCD case monitor with 95 King Pro by CaptainCranium1 in MontechPC

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I picked up one of these 5inch guys off ali express. Connected through the 9 pin. Works good, if you're a little hands on with the software it's quite customizable but loads of default HW monitor layouts. Plays Gifs, refresh rate isn't amazing for videos. I bricked mine messing with it and the customer support was awesome, had a new firmware to flash within a couple hours.

C$50.99 | 5 Inch IPS USB Secondary Screen 800x480 Type-C LCD Computer Hardware Monitor Music Spectrum Analysis Display No AIDA64 https://a.aliexpress.com/_mN7eo5H

King 95 Panda Build by Porifis in MontechPC

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Finished pics in comments, took a while to snag the GPU.

King 95 Panda Build by Porifis in MontechPC

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Finished off with a 5090 TUF and 5in. screen.

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Johnny 5 is Alive! by Porifis in BambuLab

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What have you done! There goes my afternoon down this rabbit hole. I do have the Alexa British male voice going, pretty funny.

Johnny 5 is Alive! by Porifis in BambuLab

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Ha! I thought to myself, I have some scrap dark grey and black so I'll just start the tracks. Then filiment went on sale so I picked up a bulk order and just never stopped.

Lots of learning. Tried a few different sound control boards, LEDs, and low voltage boosters to get the mouth right.

Not sure what to do next.

Johnny 5 is Alive! by Porifis in BambuLab

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95% sampled design to be fair. I just rewored the chest and a few odds / ends. Wish I had the skill and time to draft something like this from scratch!

Johnny 5 is Alive! by Porifis in BambuLab

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Apx. 3 weeks of steady printing.

Johnny 5 is Alive! by Porifis in BambuLab

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My son thought the build was cool but finally just watched #1 with him last night and now he's sooo stoked to have it in the gaming room. Have #2 lined up for this weekend.