KSchlies

Hi. Yes, the black line off of the grey pipe is the inlet to the brominator. The outlet from the brominator is the black line left of the brominator (lower left corner of photo - difficult to see). I'm not sure what you mean by "educator"? Do you mean the scoop fitting at the grey pipe?

The scoop at the sand filter inlet is facing down (towards the ground). The scoop at the outlet of the heater is also pointing downward.

Thanks for the reply. I will post pictures asap. Karen.

I'm hoping somebody here has some advice or insight on this problem. The pool was installed in 2001. I purchased the house w/pool in 2003. I started having issues with Bromine levels last summer. I take my water in to a pool supply center for testing and Bromine is always 0.0. I have an offline PerformMax brominator setup. Last summer when the problem started, I thought air might be getting into the system causing the required suction through the brominator to be low. I replaced all of the clamps and one of the venturi scoop fittings. I also took all the bromine out and made sure there wasn't a blockage at the bottom. This spring I replaced the brominator o-ring as well. The brominator is full.. but the tablets seem to be eroding very slowly. I've confirmed no air getting into the system. I also confirmed the venturi scoops are pointed in the correct directions to force water through the brominator. So, now what?! I'm still getting 0.0 reading and am getting frustrated! Thanks in advance for any advice you can give on this problem.