Backwash Valve - help!

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tulley76
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Backwash Valve - help!

Postby tulley76 » Tue 21 May, 2019 20:08

Hi!

I need help with my Hayward backwash valve set up, the way I inherited it just does not seem right


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Re: Backwash Valve - help!

Postby Teapot » Tue 21 May, 2019 23:49

How should you have inherited it, via the executors? Only kidding!
Can you say what the issue is, post some photos?
tulley76
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Re: Backwash Valve - help!

Postby tulley76 » Wed 22 May, 2019 07:13

Shouldn’t the valve be directly off the filter?
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Re: Backwash Valve - help!

Postby Teapot » Wed 22 May, 2019 10:33

That's a cartridge filter, they don't have backwash valves. That's just for isolating whilst you take it apart and manually clean the cartridge. After a while they get clogged and you can't clean the cartridge any more so have to replace the cartridge.
tulley76
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Re: Backwash Valve - help!

Postby tulley76 » Wed 22 May, 2019 13:32

I have the one with the fingers, DE filter.
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Re: Backwash Valve - help!

Postby Teapot » Wed 22 May, 2019 13:42

DE has grids, please post a clearer picture.

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