Hot Tub Forum
Original => Hot Tub Forum => Topic started by: drober30 on June 18, 2005, 12:20:06 am
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On my New Vanguard my filter door will move up and down if I grab it and move it with my hand but it does not float or move on its own in the water.
I see nothing blocking the tracks and it moves with no resistance when I move it by hand. I thought these doors were supposed to "float" in the water?
My question is does this matter? Should I just leave it in the down position?
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Call your dealer. He should replace the whole thing.
It is not a big deal, but hey: it's a new spa and they cover them well.
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Thanks Chas!
Can you explain what’s its function is?
Is the door there for looks so you don’t see the whole filter compartment?
And it floats just to adjust for the water line?
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The door is called a "wier" or " skimmer" and it's job is to skim off the surface of the water. That removes floating things, such as oil, fine dust and pollen, rubber duckies and small children before they can sink to the floor of the tub where they are harder to clean up. In the case of oil, it works to keep the waterline down to a minimum.
It works! I have had showroom floor models in which we put the water just a bit higher than normal (to make the tub look better/deeper) and it stopped the skimmer wier from working. Those tubs had an oily waterline every morning from the people who stick their lotion-covered hands in all day. We dropped the water level back to normal, the wier was able to do it's job, and the waterline went away.
The thing can get sticky, in which case simply cleaning the track out will get it back to work, but in your case your tub is so new that I think the dealer ought to help you out with a new one.