Is this normal for solar heating in pool
 

Please can anyone help me with the following, we had our solar put in about 18mths ago, all going fine until i have just been outside and noticed that one of the pipes that goes up the wall has a steady drip coming out of the top of it, not sure if the pipe is the inlet or outlet, but it is the one with a black nozzle at the top if that helps, it seems like the drip is coming from the top of the nozzle
thankyou for any help on this one

Re: Is this normal for solar heating in pool
 

Mine does the same everyday. Will watch with great interest.
Sean

Re: Is this normal for solar heating in pool
 

hi
thankyou for that, so this is normal then, if so over time what a waste of water this is
thanks

Re: Is this normal for solar heating in pool
 

Just found out it is the vacuum relief valve. Got to find out why its there and what it does now. You would think being a mechanical engineer I would know:eek:

Re: Is this normal for solar heating in pool
 

Hi
i have just had a quick look on google about this valve and i can only find something that says its for the pool water to drain from, i just thought one pipe took in the water heated it and the other pipe put it back in the pool, i can not understand why its used to drain the water, i know this is only a slight drip but if its always doing this( not sure if it is as i only noticed today) that is alot of water wasted.

Re: Is this normal for solar heating in pool
 

sorry haven't got anything valuable to contribute, per usual, but it's great to know pools can now have solar.