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Can you remove the pump filter when vacuuming to waste?
Yes
How much water should you lose when vacuuming?
You shouldn't loose any unless you are vacuuming to waste. If you are vacuuming to waste it depends on how long you take and the sise of your pump.
What should you do if after vacuuming your pool the hayward filter will come on but won't circulate backwash or do anything?
Check to see if your water level is below the skimmer line after vaccuming. Without water you can burn the motor up. Can you turn the filter to waste? jsboyles@shentel.net
When I am on filter and vacuuming it seems like it is coming right back into the pool through the jets do you have any idea why?
Probably the fine particles. I was told to fill above skimmer and vacuum to waste then rinse. May take a few times.
Your water is clear but some kind of scum keeps settling to the bottom even after vacuuming?
This sounds like flocculate, or clarifier, The next time you vacuum the pool gently vacuum the scum at the bottom to waste, Do not put it through the filter. you will lose a bit of water but it should top the problem from recurring if I am right.
What setting do you turn a hayward sand filer series 200 too when vacuuming?
You have two options when vacuuming a pool. If it a normal weekly vacuume you will set your filter valve to the filter position. This will send the water through the filter and back to the pool. Once your done vacuuming, you then backwash and rinse the filter. A good ratio is 3 min to back wash and 30 seconds to rinse. If your pool is extremely dirty like at the begining of the year, You can sometimes set the filter to the waste position. This will bypass the filter and send the water down the backwash line. This lowers the water in the pool. If your pool is extremely dirty and you try to vacuum with it set to filter, the filter will not catch all the dirt and some will end up back in the pool in the form of dirty or cloudy water. As a pool profesional I always strived for clear water first. You can't clean what you can't see.
With a Doughboy Silica II filter why when vacuuming after a few minutes would the pool pump appear to be running but no water is coming from the jet and it no longer has suction on the vacuum hose?
The filter is simply clogging with the junk you are picking up. Somewhere there should be an instruction to set the Silica II to "To Waste" when vacuuming. Your alternative is to keep flushing the filter every few minutes, which will use just as much water and take much more time. This process will lower the water level of the pool, however, so you should have it really full to begin with and be ready to replace the water discharged.
Explain filter backwash bypass with swimming pools?
most multiports on sand filters have the following settings* Filter Runs the pools water from your pump through the filter media then back into the pool. this is the setting that is nearly always used.* Backwash Runs pool water from your pump over the filter media and out to waste. This removes dirt that has been collected during filtration. A backwash is required when your pressure rises about 10 pounds over the normal pressure. Most sand filters have a clear bubble situated near the multi port where you can see the water running to waste, watch it and you will see that the water is dirty at first run the backwash until it clears then stop the pump. * Rinse Runs pool water from pool through the filter to waste further rinsing the top of the filter media. this should always be done after backwashing to stop cloudy water returning back into the pool * Re-circulate Simply keeps the water circulating from the pool through the pump and back into the pool. It does not put the water through the filter, stops the water from stagnating but still puts it through the static skimmer.* Winter/Closed shuts all the ports and is used when the pool is winterized shut down or to stop water from passing through the valve.* Waste Runs Pool water directly to waste without running it through the filter. This setting if manually vacuuming the pool and the dirt load is too high for the filter to handle. It is also the setting that is used for hand vacuuming when removing settled contaminant and flocculate after flocculating the pool. Never keep the pump running when changing the setting on the multi port as it will cause it to be damaged.
What do all the settings on top of the Sand filter do and mean?
most multiports on sand filters have the following settings* Filter Runs the pools water from your pump through the filter media then back into the pool. this is the setting that is nearly always used.* Backwash Runs pool water from your pump over the filter media and out to waste. This removes dirt that has been collected during filtration. A backwash is required when your pressure rises about 10 pounds over the normal pressure. Most sand filters have a clear bubble situated near the multi port where you can see the water running to waste, watch it and you will see that the water is dirty at first run the backwash until it clears then stop the pump. * Rinse Runs pool water from pool through the filter to waste further rinsing the top of the filter media. this should always be done after backwashing to stop cloudy water returning back into the pool * Re-circulate Simply keeps the water circulating from the pool through the pump and back into the pool. It does not put the water through the filter, stops the water from stagnating but still puts it through the static skimmer.* Winter/Closed shuts all the ports and is used when the pool is winterized shut down or to stop water from passing through the valve.* Waste Runs Pool water directly to waste without running it through the filter. This setting if manually vacuuming the pool and the dirt load is too high for the filter to handle. It is also the setting that is used for hand vacuuming when removing settled contaminant and flocculate after flocculating the pool. Never keep the pump running when changing the setting on the multi port as it will cause it to be damaged.
Waste setting on pool filter?
The "Rinse" will also take water out, but you should really have a waste setting. Call a local pool company or the maker of your filter system.
When do you vacuum to waste a pool sand filter?
You vacuum waste from a pool with a pool vacuum connected to a pole to push it around the vacuuming devise is plugged into the suction of the pump. If you wish to vacuum to waste on the other hand you will first have to turn of the pump then turn the lever on the top of the filter to waste. This will dump the water, so don't vac to waste any more then you have too.
Can you use flock with a cartridge filter?
When you use flock you should not put it through the filter.When vacuming flock out of a pool with a sand filter you vacuum to waste. However you don't have that luxury with a cartridge filter. The ideal solution would be to put a 3 way valve between the pump and the filter and set it up so that one of the ports can be run to waste while at the same time shutting of the water to the filter.
