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jaybo500
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Post subject: Vac to waste?  Posted: August 18th, 2009, 8:45 pm |
Joined: August 9th, 2009, 1:51 pm
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Location: Bradenton, Florida
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Can someone please define what "vac to waste" consists of. Is it simply backwashing or cleaning your filter?
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8 K pool, cc 100 filter, Auto-Pilot SWG, 1 HP Whisper-Flo pump, in-ground gunite pool 9 yrs. old,solar heat and Pentair 250K heater.
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no-mas
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Post subject: Re: Vac to waste? Posted: August 18th, 2009, 9:01 pm |
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Hi! jaybo500 wrote: Is it simply backwashing or cleaning your filter? Nope - it totally bypasses the filter and goes out the waste line. Backwash reverses the water flow through the filter and then out the waste line - used to clean the filter grids of accumulated dirt; "Rinse" = "filter to waste" - it runs water through the filter and out the waste lane.
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18k gal inground, everbrite finish, 505 sq ft; 1.5 hp two speed whisperflow; rheem heat pump; 3 sheer descent falls; DE filter; swg
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Grape Ape
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Post subject: Re: Vac to waste? Posted: August 19th, 2009, 12:40 am |
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jaybo500 wrote: Can someone please define what "vac to waste" consists of. Is it simply backwashing or cleaning your filter? It will provide a little more suction and may save you some time and clorine if you're fighting alge.
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20,000 Gallon kidney sort of a sand filtered gunite in ground pool w/ hot tub.
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jagfan
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Post subject: Re: Vac to waste? Posted: August 19th, 2009, 9:59 am |
Joined: April 8th, 2009, 5:12 am
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Location: Orange Park, FL
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frustratedpoolmom wrote: It also empties ALOT of water from the pool in a short period of time. I can vouch for that. Here in NE Florida we've been having a lot of rain. Sometimes as much as 3-4 inches in an hour. So I've needed to drain some of the water from the pool frequently and in these situations use filter to waste.
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15x30 IG vinyl liner pool, pool cage
Hayward S-220T high rate sand filter and Hayward super pump w/1hp motor
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Polaris 380 cleaner and booster pump
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