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    BACKWASH VALVE TYPE: WHICH IS PREFERRED FOR DE FILTRATION

    I use DE for my filtration. I have a 3/4 HP Whisperflo Filter Pump... My old brass Push-Pull Backwash Valve is broken and I need to replace. Which is easier to install, easier to use and easier to maintain: Push-Pull valves or the Multiport valves. Comments, please?
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    Pool Filter Losing Prime

    Here's the problem: I went to clean the strainer basket from my Pentair Whisperflo WFE-3 and observed the following: A. Flow in the strainer basket chamber is very weak and only half full. B. The temperature got so hot inside the chamber that the plastic basket actually melted! Other...
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    KREEPY KRAWLY and PUMP SIZING

    I've been using a Kreepy Krawly for the several years. It does a decent job but it tends to get stuck in corners way too often. It also tends to stay towards the deep end and not so much in the shallows. I'm having to do one of two things: 1. Either replace my entire filter pump, or 2...
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    MY 3/4 HP WHISPERFLO FILTER PUMP STOPPED PUMPING

    I've got a WFE-3 Whisperflo Filter and Pool Pump (3/4 HP, 3450RPM, R56Y Frame Type)... I went to empty the strainer basket, yesterday, and sadly the basket was melted at the bottom and there was very little flow coming out of the exit port. Somehow, it lost it's prime and eventually damaged...