I just bought a new Kreepy Krauly for my 16,000 gallon IG plaster pool. I have a hayward 1HP pump and a single skimmer (Kreepy connected to the skimmer). Whenever the pump is running with the Kreepy connected, it starts to sound like it's working much harder than it should.

When I went to check the pump, I noticed that the pump basket looks like a raging river - not totally full like it is without the Kreepy. Which seems to be why it's making the louder sound - gotta work harder to keep water flowing?

The Kreepy is set up with it's regulator valve and the valve seems to be opening up when running, indicating the Kreepy is getting lots of suction and needs to bypass some to the skimmer. The Kreepy runs really fast (lots of vibration going on - seems good).

It just seems to me like the pump still isn't getting enough water to flow into it fast enough. Is that the right assessment?

Oh, and in case you are about to ask, I don't see anything in my setup that lets me pull more water from the bottom main drain in the pool (actually, that's another question I should post - how can I use that main drain?), so I can't test that method out to get more water into the pump.

Thanks and sorry for the long post!