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Chuckvader
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Pool filter troubles

Postby Chuckvader » Wed 24 Jun, 2020 15:27

I recently started living in a house with a pool on the backyard. The pool was green and filled with dirt and bugs, but I wanted clean it. I've gone through many chemicals and vacuuming sessions to get the pool more clean. The pool is much more clear now and has much less dirt, but I recently starred having a problem with my filter/pump starts pumping out dirt and debris (that I suspect might be from the filter) when I start vacuuming dirt. Any suggestions?


Denniswiseman
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My Pool: 10k inground fibreglass, Telescopic Cover, Hayward Powerline pump, Quality filter with glass media, 27kw output heat pump, K-2006C test kit
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Re: Pool filter troubles

Postby Denniswiseman » Thu 25 Jun, 2020 01:47

There may be a hole in the cartridge letting the debris through
Have you backwashed the filter
Chuckvader
I'm new here
I'm new here
Posts: 2
Joined: Wed 24 Jun, 2020 15:20
My Pool: I don't know much about my pool, it's 18,000 gallons, its got a star-rite filter model number 135 GPM-TX, and has a hayward max Flo vs model number sp2303vsp.

Re: Pool filter troubles

Postby Chuckvader » Thu 25 Jun, 2020 09:39

Denniswiseman wrote:There may be a hole in the cartridge letting the debris through
Have you backwashed the filter

I'm kind of new to this stuff and I don't actually know how to backwash the pool with my specific setup. I wash the filter pretty regularly with a hose.
Denniswiseman
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Posts: 2592
Joined: Tue 06 Sep, 2011 05:48
My Pool: 10k inground fibreglass, Telescopic Cover, Hayward Powerline pump, Quality filter with glass media, 27kw output heat pump, K-2006C test kit
Location: United Kingdom

Re: Pool filter troubles

Postby Denniswiseman » Thu 25 Jun, 2020 16:41

I'm not familiar with cartridge filters, you may not be able to backwash
I suspect that you have a hole in your cartridge or it isn't seated correctly

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