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Update: I ended up emptying it once again, but this time used a shop vac to do most of the work. Saved my back. Inspected the laterals again and pipe and no visible cracks. But I decided to grab my old 12” tank and look at the laterals and noticed they were a lot tighter in the fins, which would...

Yeah, I just wanna get it up and running so think I’m gonna try some filter balls for now. And then give sand another try later in the season. I read a suggestion to just let it run for a few hours and see if the pump would eventually just throw out what would be the smaller grains. I ran it...

Yeah I am lost !!! Usually the culprit would be a broken lateral, but I have double checked that, the sand level is fine, I put exactly 121 lbs of sand as per manual, level is just above minimum on the upright. Tried a different multiport valve as I have 2 of them, and same result. I...

This is the one I always used on all my Intex or bestway flowclear pumps.

Brand new 2500GPH intex sand filter. Bought 120Lbs of #20 pool sand as stated in manual, added a bit of water to bottom of tank, started filling sand, halfway I added more water and added the rest of the sand. Backwashed for 5 minutes, rinsed for 2 minutes. Set to filter and it just keeps...

Thank you everyone that replied, I just hooked everything up and filling up the pool, will run the heater for a few hours and see what happens, if it trigger low flow, and what the outlet temp is. A lot of trial and error I guess. Super appreciative of all the info provided.

So I got an HP50CL heat pump and I’m trying to figure out the flow rate that it best operates, I’m relatively new to this stuff, but assume if the flow is too fast it will not heat up as fast. Manual says flow rate should be what is on nameplate, name plate says it’s 19.8GPM, seems kinda low ...

Thanks for your honest feedback. Gas seems like the better option, just the cost to setup is what is holding me back. Used Gas Heater: $1500 Running gas line:$800 Total cost $2300 ( more expensive to operate, gas prices) Used heat pump: $1000 Running electrical: $300 ( I can do it my self and...

Hello, considering getting a pool heater, and debating between HP or Gas. For the members here who are close to my location ( Toronto) what are you using ? And from an operating cost, which would be cheaper ??? Thanks

Edit: The pump size is 1000 GPH and 800 GPH.

Hello, I upgraded AGP pool to 12’x22’ and it came with a solar mat. This mat was suppose to be hooked up to the pump, however the location is not optimal. So I have the solar heater on the other side that is sun facing for most of the day. I wanted to run this on a separate pump, but not sure...