Thanks I might try to bypass it I think. I am not the best plumber. For the filter lid would that require come cutting as well? Man this is not a cool problem.
Sorry picture is back a few posts like 3 or so about 1/2 a hour, I am trying to figure out how to get the top off to try to clean the sand and make sure there are no chunks of the heater in there. Would I need to cut unions in or is there some trick I am missing?
No trick. You need to cut the lines and install unions. Idiots installed it.
Thanks that is actually reassuring. I think there is a lot of that I am dealing with. I keep feeling like I am an missing something, and no matter what I am doing/spending I am just hitting issue after issue. I would rather the installer be the idiot then me
Been frustrated by this stuff all day. I am worried about killing the replacement heater or my liner and what might be in that sand. Any major risk you can think of of adding some ascorbic acid directly to to the filter chamber with it off and blocked from return, mixing it with the sand to try to dissolve and oxidize any iron in there and then flushing it with a hose/ deep cleaning? I worry deep cleaning alone won’t actually clear my sand out of heavy iron particulates without getting them oxidized and in solution. I really don’t want to replace the <year old sand if I can help it, and then depending on how I get this out of solution in fall I don’t want to have to do that again. Sand is also basically impossible to buy right now where I am.
I am finding not just stains but pieces of iron in the spa and pool, the only way that can get in the spa through the return from the filter. The scope of this problem is not typical
that came off a magnet I waved around the spa bottom, after discharging the water to spa only.
Remember when I said I wasn’t the idiot, yeah that was dumb you are right. It’s been a rough day with a lot in my head. So you think my fears about the filter are unfounded? Don’t worry about that just replace the heater and deal with iron when the leaves fall?
Well before I noticed this issue I was doing a SLAM for some cleanup of algae and a heck of a lot of dead crane fly larva. So I did do a bunch of vacuuming before this. Heavy bigger stuff would get basket-ed but I didn’t really notice any. smaller stuff would make it past I think. Isn’t the impeller in the pump magnetic? Any worry there? I guess that mean I might have some in the filter.
Well I have a few days before the heater is installed, and my water is still 62 ish so w/o the heater it’s cold anyway. I can cut the the top off and flush it and if my unions suck the plumber will be here for the heater anyway. I guess I can make use of this time as long as I don’t make it worse. I haven’t bypassed the heater at this point and the pool is off anyway.
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