Recent content by Jimbow

Thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately I don’t have a source for water other than the well, one of the joys of living in the sticks. The only local place that occasionally will deliver the water is the local fire company and they charge $50 per 1,000 gallon. Not something I can afford. I...

I’m not sure if this is the right place but here goes. I just finished setting up a used 18’ AGP and filled it with my well water. I only have a small test kit from a couple of years ago when I set up a ring type pool and I the PH was 7.2. I don’t remember the other tests it did but they all...

My mistake, I looked closer and it is a S160. I wanted to read the manual so I would know how to take care of it. How often the sand should be changed, what to look for as far as troubleshooting, how to operate it, etc. I would guess these are all pretty similar, but never having a pool, I...

I'm at work right now but here is a link that shows the filter I have. www.poolcenter.com/parts_filter_Hayward_S160T.htm

I just purchased a used 18' JW pool with a Hayward ST160 sand filter. This is our first pool and I have no idea what I'm doing (although that never stopped me before) I have no idea how old this system is but the pool seemed in good shape. I’m putting a new liner in since the old liner had some...