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Auto Fills - Do They Also Auto Drain?


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In addition to the auto fill valve able to fill a pool to the desired level..can it also drain to a desired level? I ask this because my pool's level became too high so I lowered the auto fill level..for the past three days my street drain has been steadily trickling a small amount of water..the only place it could come from is my pool; but I am unsure that it is the auto fill draining vice a leak.

My pool is only 17 months old (gunite with pebble tec); so I would like to think that it isn't leaking! My auto fill is a Paramount Paralevel.

Any thoughts would be appreciated!

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Essentially what spa guru said ^.

Most autofills will have a drain port near the top of the casing to prevent serious overflows going into yard and what.

Are you 120% positive that the pool is the only thing routed to your street drain?

Do some inspections... go to your autofill and see if you hear any water bypassing an o-ring it shouldn't be. Shut the fill line OFF to your autofill for a week or so and see if that alleviates the problem.

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