Recent content by MZak

James..... the system worked great for years with the feeder as is, still not sure that’s part of the problem.....I gotta imagine after 20 years the fabric covering the fingers are probably more degraded than I thought. Working with it for so many years you get accustomed to what they look like...

Ok guys..... so I took apart the filter...took it to a pool guy I know.....he looked at it and said it’s nearly impossible to detect where the problem is. Visually looking at it; the 2 plates are fine, o-rings; seal, all looks good. He says it’s the fingers that the DE adheres to.....said just...

James...yes the device in back is a chlorine feeder....always have it turned off when adding DE and during vacuuming

Wire.....the pic is just my winter shutdown Pic , opening up the whole system this weekend and will report back to all of you...appreciate all the input

Awesome. Thx Zea

wire........ yeah that’s set to waste over the winter.....just getting the entire system ready for opening.....if it were set to waste all the DE would be going straight out vs into the filter

MIT...... I did not lube the gasket.... wasn’t aware I should have nor is it in the manual......if I recall. - obviously u would recommend to lube it? - what do you use ? - where?

James.......When u say system are you meaning the overall setup?

Thx for feedback Tex and James....plates are in perfect shape, no teers in the mesh fingers....I’m pretty meticulous with this stuff. I can literally feed the DE into the skimmer and After it runs through the pipes, filter etc. watch it shoot out the outlets 30 seconds later.....I gotta...

Hi everyone Have an 18 year old Inground pool..... original filter.... works great until now, pain to clean, but started having an issue last year before closing. All of my DE kicks back into the pool ( yup.....all 6 lbs). You can literally see a cloud shoot8ng from all 3 outlets into the pool...