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Need help!! initial priming Bullfrog x7 no water flow

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Skysurfer2010:
Good to know, thank you!

tmaestas95:
For what it's worth, my Bullfrog R8 air locks in pump 2 every time I drain and fill, regardless of whether I fill through the filter intakes or not.  Am I correct in thinking the two intakes under the two filters are each feeding one pump/the jets that pump drives each?  Because regardless of which intake I put the hose in, water only comes out through the jets driven by pump #1 (the one I never have a problem with). 

In any case, on 2 fills the air eventually worked its way out by stopping/starting pump #2 over and over again (to the point I was becoming concerned about running the pump dry).  On my third fill (yesterday) I had to bleed the air out on pump 2 as the OP did as stopping/starting just wasn't getting it done.

Tman122:

--- Quote from: tmaestas95 on January 16, 2017, 12:02:27 pm ---For what it's worth, my Bullfrog R8 air locks in pump 2 every time I drain and fill, regardless of whether I fill through the filter intakes or not.  Am I correct in thinking the two intakes under the two filters are each feeding one pump/the jets that pump drives each?  Because regardless of which intake I put the hose in, water only comes out through the jets driven by pump #1 (the one I never have a problem with). 

In any case, on 2 fills the air eventually worked its way out by stopping/starting pump #2 over and over again (to the point I was becoming concerned about running the pump dry).  On my third fill (yesterday) I had to bleed the air out on pump 2 as the OP did as stopping/starting just wasn't getting it done.

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This is clearly a design issue. But also not uncommon for other manufacturers and even sub sets within manufacturers.

Sam:
both filter stand pipes go to pump one.  Neither goes to pump two.  Try filling through a jetpak stand pipe on the pump 2 side as well as through the filter next time.

tmaestas95:

--- Quote from: Sam on January 18, 2017, 04:18:45 pm ---both filter stand pipes go to pump one.  Neither goes to pump two.  Try filling through a jetpak stand pipe on the pump 2 side as well as through the filter next time.

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I'll give that a try next time.  Seems like that would be good information to have in the manual (which only states to remove the filters and fill in the filter compartment).

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