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Broken hose to air check valve - Bengal spa - is it needed?


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I have a fairly old Tiger River Bengal spa and just noticed a broken hose gushing water.  Turns out it went up to one of the air check valves mounted at the top of the access panel.  While looking for this I noticed that another of the air check valve hoses had broken off the fitting, apparently some time ago.  This makes me wonder if these are necessary - can I just either block them off or leave them hanging?  As the second one has apparently been broken for some time I can't imagine it's terribly important.  Would be a lot easier than installing a new one.

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RD - Photo attached.  Part number 70289.  There are about 4 or 5 of these mounted at the top of the inside of the access area.  I think they allow air to enter the jets but won't let water back flow if a jet is blocked.  The leak was caused by one hose breaking off and dropping into the access area, I think it's just draining by gravity rather than under pressure.  I found a second hose that had broken off of another air check valve some time ago but the hose had remained in place so wasn't leaking.


Replacing these is kind of a pain but not impossible. My question is whether it's really needed.  Clearly the one that had broken off before hasn't caused any problem for however long it's been that way.


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