Recent content by Pauhana

Filters cartridges were cleaned out three weeks ago. I thought that I should be doing this once every three or four months; if it's got to be once a month, that's painful. (I clean out the pre-filter basket every couple of weeks). Are my servicing expectations off? Filter is Hayward SwimClear...

Thanks much for the reply. So would a good course of action be to replace out the cartridges? Is there a way of determining ahead of time if that's the issue? Just trying to figure what else it could be, to determine if the whole filter might need to be upgraded... (No auto cleaner involved...

Not sure if this is normal: when I vacuum the pool, I see the junk that I'm vacuuming up getting sent out in the return lines. Is this an indication that I need new cartridge filters? Or perhaps something else is going on? If I need to consult a pool professional, what do I ask for? (I really...

Moserator note - Moved from here: Running a vacuum on a Pentair IntelliFlo VF-3050 So I may have messed myself up by putting a 1.5" cleaning line in place with my 2" return lines (three of 'em); I have a Jandy valve to manually switch between the two. Anyway, as mentioned, the Polaris sweep...