When I had the Pool opened they noted that there was DE appearing at the returns. They said the most likely cause was a tear and name some of the things that I frankly can't recall.
I opened up the filter for the first time today (Pentair Plus FNS60) and took it apart and gave it a cleaning (no acid, just jet nozzle). The grids appeared to be in good shape. No obvious tears and I did go over then carefully, no structural damage, etc.
Nothing else appeared cracked or damaged. I put the filter back together, and started the pump back up. Everything seemed to be fine. Started adding DE at the skimmer. I probably should have added it slower but I was exhausted and now I've got a very cloudy pool full of DE.
Shut the pump off let everything settle down. My first question is can I use my s200 to clean up this mess or do I need to use a manual vacuum? Or wouldn't the vacuum just send it right back into the pool if the root cause isn't addressed?
Second question - any other ideas on the de issue? I didn't see anything obvious but this is all new to me. I'm thinking of just paying for the service call. At least I already cleaned it.
I opened up the filter for the first time today (Pentair Plus FNS60) and took it apart and gave it a cleaning (no acid, just jet nozzle). The grids appeared to be in good shape. No obvious tears and I did go over then carefully, no structural damage, etc.
Nothing else appeared cracked or damaged. I put the filter back together, and started the pump back up. Everything seemed to be fine. Started adding DE at the skimmer. I probably should have added it slower but I was exhausted and now I've got a very cloudy pool full of DE.
Shut the pump off let everything settle down. My first question is can I use my s200 to clean up this mess or do I need to use a manual vacuum? Or wouldn't the vacuum just send it right back into the pool if the root cause isn't addressed?
Second question - any other ideas on the de issue? I didn't see anything obvious but this is all new to me. I'm thinking of just paying for the service call. At least I already cleaned it.