:( Polaris pressure line leaking - now what?

[cleancloths]

Maybe I'm all wet here, but, it seems to me that if you were losing 500 gallons per day your yard would be a mud bog. The line to the Polaris is likely not more than 18" underground. I can't imagine that if it was leaking that much you wouldn't have a very apparent problem above ground and perhaps an idea where in the line the leak is.

Your not all wet, just a little wet

We have a very high water table, and I have a drywell under the deep end of the pool. Further I have burried 6" perf pipe and lots of gravel only about 15' from the pool. Since the lines are most likely about 40" below the ground they all drain into either the water table or dry well. Remember that the Polaris line is about 1" in diameter and is fed from a high pressure booster pump. The actual opening from the orifice to the polaris is about 3/8", so there is a lot of pressure in the line when the pump is running, so if you have a 3/8" crack you would get as much water going into the ground as going into the Polaris.

[bbb]

Robotics cost $800+, but require no plumbing at all (in other words, no pressure lines and no booster pump) -- they are plugged into an outlet and are completely self-contained. They have microprocessor "robotic" logic to clean your entire pool, and have their own self-contained filter bag that is supposed to filter out very fine material. I don't own one so I can't vouch for one, though the people who own them on this board speak very highly for them. Dolphin and Aquabot are 2 of the more popular brands. Check out the Pool Cleaning section of this site for lots of posts and opinions about them.