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can people explain why copper is so bad if it reduces the need for chlorine? aside from the staining.

I have searched and read many blogs but I can't find an answer. 1. Does a DE filter remove copper ions? 2. Do they copper ions oxidize or somehow become inactive due to a slow chemical reaction with chlorine, or heat, etc? 3. Basically, I am wondering if I need to consistently add copper ions...

Thanks. At least I won't have to change the plumbing so that's good.

Right now the pressure on my DE filter, relatively newly replenished is about 23 PSI. Does this change anything? what size pump would i need at a minimum? 1 hp? 1.5 hp?

It's a kidney shaped pool, and I calculated it's about 17,500 gallons. Right now it has 1.5" pipe throughout, all the way until it gets to the 2HP pump and DE4800 filter, both which are made for 2" pipe. There is one main return and that is 25' from the pump. The skimmer is about 75' from the...

I am trying to replace this pump. I inherited this pool when I bought the house. I’m trying to save some money so I don’t want to spend $1000+ for a Hayward variable speed pump. I guess I just need a pump with a comparable flow rate and input voltage, but I cannot find any of the specs for...

You said after the pump. So this is a jandy valve on the return side?

No I didn't. It's no use because the basket will not fill up completely. There is no check valve so water keeps falling back into the pool

Yeah it did however it was never able to rid itself of the air. I don't have a check valve on the auction side so I can never prime the pump basket with water before starting the pump. Now it can rid itself of the air during when the pump starts with its priming program (3400 rpm). Before it...

Yeah. That's what was everyone told me on this forum. It makes sense in general that the return side has no effect, but perhaps in certain situations it can affect it. All the changes I listed I did weeks apart. I could never solve this problem for months. The last change, changing the...

I was told a return side leak could never cause a pump to not prime. I tried everything else until today when I finally fixed it! Short story: My basket was full of air. The skimmer was pulling in water very slowly. Despite the pressure being high (30 PSI when running at 3300 RPM) on the...

So water is not supposed to squirt out strongly? I thought it was supposed to. I will get a picture of the valve. 22.5 PSI at 3400 RPM when I just cleaned my filter and recharged and the pump is priming. However, now the filter has been cleaning for a while and it's at 30 PSI at 3400 RPM...

I unscrewed the valve completely and took it out. I didn't see any clog.

Is there some sort of ballpark guide for pool size, fitting size, pump, etc. to determine this?

I have a question. Trying to learn about pools--commenters in this thread are talking about the appropriate pressure, but doesn't PSI depend on what RPM he is running?