{"id":1174,"date":"2019-02-01T22:03:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T22:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leaktools.com\/blog\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2019-02-21T15:53:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T15:53:15","slug":"case-study-more-than-meets-the-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaktools.com\/blog\/case-study-more-than-meets-the-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study: More than Meets the Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

Type of Pool:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Vinyl liner<\/p>\n

Equipment Used:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leakalyzer<\/a>, LeakTrac 2400<\/a>, Dye<\/a><\/p>\n

Situation:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The customer called us because they noticed the equipment pad was always wet, and the water level was dropping in the pool (estimated at \u00bd\u201d per day). They could not identify where the water was coming from, but thought the heater may be the problem.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/strong><\/p>\n

On arrival we ran a Leakalyzer<\/a> test that showed .6\u201d of water loss per day.<\/p>\n

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As the customer had reported, the equipment pad was very wet but we found that the heater was dry. We then lifted up the pump, which made a leak under the pump visible.<\/p>\n

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With the pump off, we then ran another Leakalyzer<\/a> test that still showed .39\u201d per day of loss, which meant that the equipment leak was only producing .21\u201d of loss per day, so there must be an additional leak in the pool. We started examining the shell of the pool by dye testing a few areas where there had been previous repairs, but none of them drew dye. We than ran the LeakTrac 2400 <\/a>which led us to two leaks in the same corner: one where a patch was leaking again, and a new hole in the liner about 6\u201d away from the other leak. The LeakTrac 2400<\/a> could clearly differentiate between the two holes even though they were close together.<\/p>\n