Recent content by okeeinthesun

I really do not know that there is a difference aside from age. Old Cartridge was 1.5 years old, but I suspect its useful life may have been far gone. My pool company that built the pool in April of '21 installed the plaster incorrectly, and attempted to remedy it by first doing an acid bath for...

Hey all, I wanted to provide an update to all on this, and thanks again for the help. I did go ahead and switch the filter cartridge with a new one, as previous troubleshooting in the thread started pointing to that as the problem. The flow to the pool appears to be much more efficient and...

It appears to be a good fit, but it’s hard to really say for certain. Looking down at the “fit” it appears there may be about a centimeter gap all the way around between the cartridge and the filter housing. A couple pics for reference, one showing what is downstream, and another one looking...

Here is a couple angles of the setup:

I assume I will know one way or the other when the new cartridge I ordered comes in a couple days? I will circle back with some hopeful closure once I get it in. Would you recommend I not run the pump without the cartridge in while I was? Thanks again & Happy New Year.

no sound without the cartridge. There is a slow drip coming from the filter seal area without it in, figured that may be relevant. Picture of that drip location attached.

I grabbed a bit of lubricant from Home Depot and applied it to make sure the o-ring was snug and well sealed, unfortunately the sound is still very much present. Any other thoughts for me to try out? Thanks for troubleshooting with me.

Checked the impeller, no debris or any obstructions. I cleaned the cartridge yesterday, and go figure, once reinstalled and operating this morning is when the sound occurred. Some pics of the filter and cartridge included: