Sometimes people will turn on the hose and put it at one end of the pool while they vacuum to waste at the other end. You will be pulling more water out than what goes in, but it will take a little longer to drain down to the skimmer.
lambo said:Progress already. Checked the strainer at the pump and sure enough, sight glass and plug for those two holes in the valve.
Nice! Saved me $10 or so. But for the backwash outlet... does that need to be capped when I'm not using it? From what I can tell they used a discharge hose (can't find) connected to that black flared outlet and used a hose clamp to hold it on (which I found rusting in the strainer basket as well). So will that black flared backwash outlet leak when it is on another setting like Filter or Rinse?
I figured out how to open the DE filter - thankfully instructions were on the side (although they used 'insure' rather than 'ensure' and I flew into a brief grammar rage). Pics below show what I have to work with.
What is the pipe at the top with the sock on it? Ok, I know it isn't a sock, but what is it?
I'm particularly worried about those rusting rods and nuts. But I also have no idea why there is a pile of junk on top. Is that the DE material? The filter sat without the gauge or cap covering that hole on top, so who knows what ended up inside, but I was thankful that there only seemed to be one spider that moved in.
lambo said:Insomnix - two quick questions:
1. Rather than go through the challenging and potentially risky installation of a ptrap, could I simply empty the chlorinator of tabs? I don't use the chlorinator at all, I use bleach. So to protect the valve gasket from chlorine gas, couldn't I chuck those tabs left by the previous owner?
2. For the return pipe, that explains a lot. I have two holes around the 1/2 way mark on each long side of the pool that seemed to do nothing. They must be connected to that pipe in some way. So to use that pipe with say a side cleaner or a dedicated vacuum, how would I do that? The pipe would have to be connected into the system, either before the pump for the vacuum application, or after the pump for the pressure cleaner, correct? How would that be done?
Thanks for the awesome additional info!