Tank heat is going up even though return pump doesnt seem to be working

[scriptmonkey]

Hmm.. totally spitballing.. could the skimmer helped with evaporative cooling and now that it is offline no more cooling assistance. Could turn down heater thermostats.

 

[PegasisR]

Hmm.. totally spitballing.. could the skimmer helped with evaporative cooling and now that it is offline no more cooling assistance. Could turn down heater thermostats.

Yes! It did help with that I would say, as the sump levels were regulated with the skimmer!

 

[PegasisR]

The return pump doesn't to be working... the water line in the dp is a little lower than normal. The skimmer has been off aswell as this has not been the only time it's been giving me problems aside from the venturi not being flush

 

[scriptmonkey]

I would stick my hand over the return and if you are feeling no water movement then that is usually a good indicator if it is working or not.

 

[MnFish1]

The return pump doesn't to be working... the water line in the dp is a little lower than normal. The skimmer has been off aswell as this has not been the only time it's been giving me problems aside from the venturi not being flush

I am not sure how there can be a 'question' as to whether the return pump is working - is there water coming out of the pipe in the return to the tank? If there is its working - if not as much is something clogging the return entry? Seems like you should solve that problem rather quickly.

As someone else said - the fact that there is not water in the skimmer means there is more water in the sump.

 

[afuel]

If your return pump isn’t moving water properly it probably is pulling more amps than normal generating more heat

 

[BZOFIQ]

If your return pump isn’t moving water properly it probably is pulling more amps than normal generating more heat

Yeah, but the pump is in the sump and not the DT.

 

[PegasisR]

I will definitely clean it out as soon as I get back home since I was planning to do that but as it stands right now the tank is running sort of normally aside from the skimmer being off currently thank you for the help guys!

Probably gonna change it out for a BK

 

[vetteguy53081]

My temperature has climbed as the days are longer and house has gotten warmer. I am decreasing heater temperature a little this weekend