New to having a pool

[jdiamond16]

Thanks, I figured it's a slow time for most people with pools. Just starting to figure mine out really. I did figure out last night that the valves on the last picture, if they are both pointed up towards the pump and the top picture valve is pointed to the left away from the other 2, just the spa is on and bubbling. No pool water is going into the spa, just spa going through the loop to make heating quick. Other than that, I'm not 100% sure.

[PoolDoc]

With a simple pool, and no spa, it's often possible to tell what the valves are, just by looking at the the equipment. But, I can't make it out without testing, in a more complex situation.

My recommendation would be to try to find, and hire, a decent local service guy, have him puzzle it out and then show you. If that's a DE or cartridge filter, you also need to have him show you how to open and clean those filters.

-- Do NOT acid wash or clean those filters -- read the cartridge filter sticky in this section --

[jdiamond16]

This is a Spa + Pool, the Spa spills over into the pool as a waterfall.
It feels like I have tried every direction and the only thing I can do is basically drain the Spa into the pool. The pool has 1 drain the the Spa has 2 drains. As far as I can tell, in "spa mode" 1 drain is used to circulate water to only keep that hot. If that makes sense, I'm not sure. The other drain I'd assume is used to help circulate water with the pool but that I'm unsure of

The filter is a cartridge filter. The old owners left the manuals to everything, so I have already been able to take apart the assembly to see how it works and put it together.

*Note - I am pretty handy with taking things apart and putting them back together correctly, if not in a better way. Goes along with my job.