no water pressure

[donkeydon]

hi farmers. heres what I got going. no water flow at all. checked for obstructions/return manifold /intake/ between buckets/ cc just sent another pump today/last one gave up the ghost/whats the odds of the second one not working? it sounds like its spinning correctly/not a lot of moving parts here. systems full/just wont move water for me. anyone been in this position? (no not that position but it feels like it) do you prime the pump? how?.thanx everyone. donk

 

[Natural]

I don't know UC set-up very well..but when a hot-tub pump doesn't work and you can still hear the motor running it means you have an air pocket in the pump. The answer there is simple, you loosen the wet out-take side seal till it escapes. Doesn't sound like an electronic problem(?) though I don't know the pump(but if the motor is working)?/...the only other thing I can think of is power of the pump??
Hope you get it straight..UC guys chime in

 

[Shane20]

might need a prime. Grab your shop vac and give it a pull. If you dont have that another way is take a hose and force water back at the pump to prime it. Hope that works for ya

 

[Amber]

Unplug it open the air valve on the filter kit til water comes close it up but not all the way. Plug pump in run back and close it completely. If it still is not working unplug it and plug it back in a couple times sometimes quickly its gotta get that suction. Make sure your valves open on the return. Plug in unplug plug in unplug it will go eventually.

 

[Amber]

Well is it going?

 

[donkeydon]

wow/thanx for all the help people/very cool and appreciated. shoved a hose up its ( im getting graphic here) t and backfilled it. as dr Frankenstein said " its alive". whats funny (now) is all I did on the first 2 was fill and play. you can tell I flunked mcgiver school.

 

[Power OG]

sounds like you might need to prime ya pump, im a plumber so ive seen this happen with all size water pump. thats where i would start.

 

[aSilvrHaze]

that happens with my little 250 danner mag all the time. Unplugging and plugging in semi quickly like Amber said always gets it going, sometimes it takes longer than others though...

 

[Shane20]

Glad to hear it's working! Amber and I were hoping you didn't try the siphon trick with your mouth and drown (took awhile for a response from ya). Lol!