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It is that! It takes about 45 min to 1 hr in a water taxi to get to Puerto Vallarta where I get parts. I have attached a photo that I just snapped. The rain just stopped. I will try to find an oil filled gauge. Thanks again.

Thank you sir, I will change that as well as the gasket. If I seem a little slow to get the changes done it is that I am in a remote location and need to travel by boat to get parts. Thank you for your help!!

In continuation of the sand problem, I have managed to slow the EcoStar down during priming and the sand is not coming out during backwash. however, I seem to have lost pressure on the pressure gauge. The pump is now priming at 2400 rpm. I noticed the pressure gauge becoming a little erattic and...

Thank you sir for your advice and reply. I will order the gasket. Not knowing exactly how the water goes through the filter I have a question about that. Does the water when filtering enter the center pipe and go out through the laterals or the other way around.

Thank you for your reply. I am still trying to figure the best way to run this EcoStar after one year. It definitely has more power than the old 3/4 horse I took off. i don't have a clorinator or pop-ups or side cleaners, just the interwater. When I run the EcoStar at 1000 rpm it cleans the...

I caught about a cup and it is definitely sand. I compared it to the sand I had left over when I filled the filter and it is the same stuff.

I have not checked the spider gasket. I received a tip from another contributor Josh about a thread that explained how to change that gasket. Not having a gasket to replace it with I have been hesitant to take apart the top of the filter thingy because if the gasket was bad I would have to put...

Is it possible that the pump is to powerful and can just drive the sand through the filter when i backwash? I have been backwashing at 2000 rpm

Yes, I scooped up alot of it and compared it to sand that I had left over when I filled the filter.

Hi Josh, Thank you for your response. There is much more sand in the in the backwash than the pool. Could that still mean spider gasket? And I am not shure after reading the message from duraleigh that what is in the pool is actually sand. It is the color of sand and collects in the grout lines...

What I believe to be sand in the pool collects in the grout lines between tiles and is the redish color of the sand in the filter and what is in the backwash. There is not enough in the pool to actually reach in and grab. When I hit it with the pool brush it does just poof up. There is a much...

Good Morning. I checked for the model number on the filter and found a lablel with three model numbers and none of them were checked as the model of this particular filter. 160TS, 190TS, and 240TS. Photos below.

Possibly. I was hoping not because I am not shure where to get another if it is.

No sand last year when priming or backwashing. I will check the model number and size of the filter in the morning and get back to you. I may have to ask Hayward how to change the prime speed because I can't figure it out from the directions. thank you for your response.

Hola Amigos, I am in Mexico and opened my pool just about the time most up north are closing theirs. I converted last year to a Hayward EcoStar pump and so far it is doing a fabulous job of filtering. I run it for 14 hours a day at 1000 rpm and it uses about the same electricity as a 100 watt...

Thank you Jason, I appreciate your taking the time to help me. i will give those things a try. Muchas Gracias

Thank you all for replying. Here is the latest test results taken at 11:30 central time 10/28/11, minutes ago. PH 7.2 FC .5 CC .5 TA 85 CH 130 CYA 50 THE free chlorine is low because I did not add chlorine last night. I have been keeping it at 3.5 and the cc has been consistant at .5...

Hello again everyone. happy Halloween. After have an initial honymoon period with BBB I am now starting to have cloudiness problems. I am in a very remote area and I fill my pool from a hand dug well. The water going in seems to have a very fine silt which my sand filter cannot seem to get out...

Thanks very much. I have read the pool school one, but not the others. Going there now to read. Thanks again!!

Is there a "best time of day to run your pump"? to achieve the best filtering? I have a sand filter.

Thanks for all your help Amigos. I really appreciate this site. I have converted my pool upkeep to as much of the BBB method as possible. The test kit from TFT is fabulous. Thanks again!!! :-D

Thanks Amigo. I like the two full moons or more. :-D

Hi everyone. Thanks for reading my question. My pool is very sparkly except for at night when I turn on my pool lights I see silt in the water. In pool school it talks about adding DE to my sand filter to make it filter finer media. My Sand is going into its third season. Would it be wise to...

I have never researched a SWCG. Finding it to buy could be a problem and I have no idea of the cost of the equipment. Thank you for the suggestion and I will look into the possibility.

Hello everyone. I am in Yelapa, Jalisco, Mexico. Near Puerto Vallarta. My pool was built two years ago and I have had problems that I believe relate to having to use triclor. Logistically it is very difficult to get large quantities of liquid bleach to my location as everything has to come by...