Draining Pool Using Pool Pump

Run the pump to drain the pool water.

Draining pool using pool pump.

Prepare your swimming pool for winter closing by draining your water level to 4 below your skimmer. Best for big pools. If the pump loses prime you may have to stop and lower it into a dry area of the pool to get it closer to the water and regain prime. Rotate the multiport valve on the top or side in a clockwise direction to the waste position.

After you get the correct amount of water out of your swimming pool turn the pump back off. Drain your hot tub or pool at up to 3 700 gallons of water per hour. Roll backwash hose out into the yard or approved draining area. Turn the pump off.

Adding a backwash hose to your filter system allows you. Place the filter multiport valve in the recirculate position and turn on the pump after you roll out the backwash hose. It works at depths of the 16 and can pump up to 1 580 gallons of water per hour. Got a deep pool that you need to drain asap then you need the ez travel sump pump.

Using the pool filter pump to drain the pool if you have separate main drain and skimmer valves close the skimmer valve or plug the skimmers and leave the main drain valve open fully. The second method using the vacuum ho. Turn the pump back on. If the pool has a lot of debris and muck in it you will probably do better to leave it on the surfaces and let it dry.