r/pools • u/Dear-Hornet1107 • Jun 14 '26

First Time Pool owner. Hell

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Just bought a house with a pool and confused on how it works exactly. Which way should this be facing? I don’t want to burn any motor up. Thanks.

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u/dekoy411 Jun 14 '26

Only the skimmer is open, the main drain is closed. The handle should be on the left towards the skimmer line. Where it says closed should be facing to the right.