Recent content by jwilliamson

Thanks for your help. Not sure how often this happens but for anyone reading this thread with a similar problem. Make sure you check the stores return policy before you buy new filters. I was lucky enough to find a store that would let me return them after they were used. Online store wouldnt do...

I am not sure if this has happened to other people but I think I got a bad filter from Pentair. I noticed there was glue between some of the pleats , and just a poor job of gluing the bands in general, and one of the bands had started to fray after just a couple of weeks. After doing some more...

Yeah. If it's the filter media, then I must have gotten at least one bad filter in the set brand new from Pentair. At least part of the water is being filtered because when the dirt blows back into the pool, the water will become less cloudy (but never clear) after a few days until I shut the...

No MPV valve. Just a diverter to control main drain/skimmer suction. The only other thing I can think of is some of the particulates are too small to be filtered. I've used some clarifier and the pool will improve noticeably for a short time (2-3 days) but I think that is just masking the...

The bulkhead isnt jiggly for sure. In fact, I am worried that with the sealent on there. I may not be able to get the dang thing out to replace it if turns out to be the problem without replacing the entire lower half of the filter housing. The water started getting cloudy before I replaced the...

That sealent was always there. Which makes me wonder if it was put there long before I owned the pool (more than 15 years) to fix a leak and is breaking down. The pool filter itself is more than 15 years old. I checked that the filters are sitting properly because that was my first thought. I...

I am hoping someone can help me troubleshoot this problem. I have a Pentair Starite 3 S7m120 cartridge filter. I've noticed my water has been getting cloudy over the last several weeks and seemed to be getting worse. My cartridge filters were about 6 years old and bands were breaking so I...