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    Help with DE filter - Low back pressure, low flow

    LOL... yes... and so painful. Haha. So I shocked and flushed and shocked and flushed and finally got all the algae out. Then I went around with a brush to clean the sides and cove area to get the last of it. After I was finishing up my daughter says "Dad, i think the pool is leaking". I go...
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    Help with DE filter - Low back pressure, low flow

    So the 25% rule is what I'm seeing. Clean is 10psi, near no-flow is 12psi. The 10psi thing came right out of the Hayward manual. LOL But maybe that is meant more for an in-ground install, not an above-ground install?
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    Help with DE filter - Low back pressure, low flow

    Well I do have algae. I've been shocking it for several days. After the third time it finally turned blue cloudy. So I'm filtering it out. My concern is that I only get about 2 PSI above the "clean" level before my flow dies off. I keep reading that you need to backwash when it gets 10 PSI...
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    Help with DE filter - Low back pressure, low flow

    I have a Hayward DE ProGrid 24 sq ft filter and a 1.5 HP pump for a 18,500 gal above ground pool plumbed with 1.5” pvc. I have a Blue Wave NE6171B Maxi 1.5hp pump meant for above ground pools bought in fall of 2020. I use 4-5 of the Leslie’s blue scoops of DE when I charge the filter. I just...
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