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What causes water to flow out of the pool filter backwash when pump is on and not on backflush?
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∙ 11y ago
Replace the spider gasket inside the filter valve. This is simple to do and should be done every couple of years, especially if you have an in-line chlorinator or if you add chlorine through your skimmer. Make sure you grease the gasket with silicon before you install it.
To keep this from happening, make sure you have a check valve installed between the filter and the chlorinator or use a floater to chlorinate your pool.
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Will a filter system remove the sulfur smell out of water?
A water filter system will remove the sulfur smell by reducing the hydrogen sulfide that causes it. There are 4 different types of water filters: distiller, reverse osmosis, backwash and activated carbon water filters.
How much water is lost when you backwash a filter?
Could be up to 300 gal.
When sand filter set on filter water leaks out backwash hose?
It sounds like either your valve is not set completely to "filter" or your valve's seals are degrading. If the valve is completely set to "filter", then either replace the valve, or plug the end of the backwash hose.Here's a good place to look for new backwash filters: http://www.swiftpoolsupplies.com/category/product-list/backwash-valves
What quantity of water is wasted during a swimming pool filter backwash?
29 gallons
Should water always be coming out of the jets when pump is running?
No, not if the filter is set to backwash or waste.
Why Backwash a pool?
All swimming pools with a pump and filter should have a back wash system. You must back wash your swimming pool filter when indicated by the pressure gauge on your filter. ANSWER 2:: Cartridge filters have no means to back wash. These filters must be broken down and cleaned manually. K
What does backwashing a pool do?
You can backwash certain types of filters. You force water backwars through filter to release particles trapped by filter in its normal forward flow of water.
Your swimming pool in filter position but is still aloowing water to backwash from pool?
You may have to check the seals in the multyport on top of the sand filter.
I accidentally vacuumed dirt in my pool using backwash mode instead of waste mode. How do I get the dirt out from under the sand?
There wont be any dirt under the sand. When you vacuum your pool you should do it on filter mode Otherwise you will lose a lot of water for nothing, this would be especially wasteful in the case of a salt water pool. Ofter having vacuumed the pool on filter mode and if the pressure gets too high backwash. after backwash rinse for a minute, then return to filter.
How do you you lower the water level when it gets too high in an in-ground pool?
Set your filter to Backwash or Waste, but don't leave it. Empty out what you do not want and return filter to Filtration
Should you see water in the sight glass when pump is in filter mode?
No this has waterin it when it is in backwash mode and rinse mode otherwise it is empty.
What are each of these settings for on the filter- filter backwash recirc waste closed and rinse?
Filter setting intakes pool water through the skimmer, sends it through the filter (then heater, if any) and back into the pool. Backwash sends pool water through the filter in reverse and dumps the water out for cleaning purposes. In my experience if pool servicing is overdue you may need to backwash several times, running the filter setting a minute or two (without adding DE) in between each backwash. The filter is not really clean until the water runs clear. Recirculate is a round robin water voyage from skimmer to return port bypassing the filter if the pool is piped for this feature. Waste dumps water from the skimmer without going through the filter. Closed prevents water from entering the filter tank and should not be used with the pump running. It is for winterizing and servicing only. Some pools are piped so that the closed setting is used when vacumming the pool (with pump running). Most pools are piped so that the closing off of water from the filter is accomplished by turning a valve on one of the water lines. Rinse: Runs water through the filter in the normal direction and out the waste hose. This helps the sand to compact back down or the DE to settle back into the mesh before you start cycling back into the pool.
