Yep, thats what i said to myself. I actually told my brother to stop by this morning and do a good backwash on the filter. He did so and he said that...

first unplug kreepy krauly from the skimmer & see how the suction is?
is it good or bad?
if bad it's not the kreepy krauly.

If good then lets do...

Its not too hard to find a GOOD 1/2hp pump that will outperform a 1hp pump. That number alone is quite misleading.

Look for an SF on the pump label....

help, im having the same prob. any help?

Drawing air sounds right. The skimmers get sucked empty and then fill up. Can I solve that by lowering the pumping rate, or do I have to add more...

Limiting factor here is the 2 returns. 20 maybe 30 gpm each. Trying to pump a huge volume of water through 2 returns is not going to be efficient no...

That was the problem. It worked off and on, very slow suction for a good few minutes before all stopped again. I thought it was the low water level,...

Sounds pretty much right on the money. If you can find the surface area of your filter in square feet and multiply that by 10 or 12 you will come up...

Some more information... I stuck a thermometer on it and it seems to be running in the 120 degree F range.

Thanks. I did the work this past weekend and saved myself $800.

Sweet! Well done.

I am actually searching this site for an answer on pretty much the exact issue. I have a Hayward filter as well and last year had no issues. This...

their full of it & just want to sell you a new filter. Sand filters are the last filter you should want to buy.
If I remember correct this is a...

First guess is its plumbed backwards.

Water is pretty clean and clear all my levels test ok, had algae at start up last week,appears to be gone.it is 30 ft above w/ appx. 24,000 gallons...