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    None of the ballast bags will empty even with switch on panel

    2013 Tige Z3 - Out this weekend and bags will fill but none of them will drain. You can hear the pumps running but no water is emptying. It's weird that they all stopped at the same time. We used the switch on the panel and it would drain from one bag for a short time and then stop. We had to manually empty them by removing the lid on the pumps. Screen is getting harder to press each time out so we originally thought it was that but override switch doesn't work either.

    #2
    When you put the lid back on the pumps did it change anything? Potential air lock but that should have fixed the issue. I would follow the line back make sure no kinks or bad check valves.

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      #3
      Would that air lock effect all bags at once? We haven't tried them again since draining. Thanks for the quick reply!

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        #4
        Originally posted by bsreid View Post
        When you put the lid back on the pumps did it change anything? Potential air lock but that should have fixed the issue. I would follow the line back make sure no kinks or bad check valves.
        Would that air lock affect all bags at once? We haven't tried them again since draining. Thanks for the quick reply!

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          #5
          Not normally. Was this your first time out for the season? Sometimes after being winterized and completely drained they will airlock for the first time. Reading your post again you say it drains for a bit which indicates the pumps aren't air locked, unless it was just overflowing out the vents.

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            #6
            Did the bags fill all the way up?

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              #7
              Originally posted by bsreid View Post
              Not normally. Was this your first time out for the season? Sometimes after being winterized and completely drained they will airlock for the first time. Reading your post again you say it drains for a bit which indicates the pumps aren't air locked, unless it was just overflowing out the vents.
              We have filled and emptied the bags this season in previous weekends. They would fill all the way up and empty. Just this weekend on Sunday, they filled and then the back emptied and not the front. We filled all back up and now none will drain. If draining, it would only come out the sides, correct? The back ones are lower like they drained a little but nothing came out the sides.

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