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...just wanted to add that when I was cleaning the cartridges, there was a lot of white almost milky color coming out of them, no idea what that is, there wasn't much debris as I use skimmer socks.

thanks for your response. The water at the moment looks good but a little cloudy as I have just finished giving the entire pool a good clean (brushing, vacuum, shock, cleaning filters) but it was looking a little green before cleaning and yes I am having algae issues at the moment around the...

Has anybody ever bought the off brand Cartridge filters PleatCo? I bought these 3 months ago (4 pack) for my Hayward C3025 and I am having to clean the cartridges weekly as I am noticing the PSI is over the higher pressure gauge which I reset after cleaning out the filters? I rinse them down...

Ok thanks for the information. I also did stock up on liquid chrloine shock as read it is better to use if CYA is a little high. looks like I have a fun weekend ahead. off to pool school I go again for my refresher course...

I have started to get a small algae problem in the pool but the liquid chlorine isnt killing it quick enough. I have bought some algaecide which I will be applying later and then tomorrow would like to vacuum the pool, but read the best thing to do is vacuum to waste. I cant tell if the...

Thanks Terry, i will give that a try tonight, gone quite cold here again (strange weather!) so the hot tub will more than likely be heating up tonight :)

btolley, I honestly dont know. One thing it could be is the Spa has jets near the top and jets at the bottom in the feet area and the feet jets never come on, so maybe this is why :)

Thank you all for your responses, this is great knowledge and is certainly making a lot of sense. I did actually turn Valve 1 once and noticed the Polaris zoomed off so does seem right that that controls the cleaner (usually moves like a snail). Thank you again, this is invaluable knowledge to have.

Firstly this is my first post to what seems to be a fantastic site. I uploading a photo of my equipment and hope have someone explain to me what each of the valves do and exactly what controls what in the spool/spa, if it would be possible from the picture I have uploaded (I numbered each valve...