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Thank you all for your helpful advice - After a week or so of running the filter with DE recharge once, the water has cleared and I am in business. Guess it takes a while...

Dear Shorelover and others - One thing we can all agree on is the EC-65 is a piece of junk, especially from its lack of multiport valve/backwashing capability. I'm going to take it apart again and clean the fingers and replace the gauge and see what happens.

I was afraid someone would ask about the pressure - the gauge is busted - will work on getting a new one. The water is murky and has been for a while and doesn't seem to be getting any clearer in the last week or so. Are you saying I might need to recharge the DE every couple of hours? Never...

Thanks for your replies. It's not a grid - has those fingers that hang down and they are clean. I just backwashed with no effect. Something is clogging the flow through the filter. The bump handle restores but only for a brief period and it has been a week since I killed the algae so the...

Hi to all and continuing thanks for the information posted here. I even went the borates route last year with great success. The wife loved the "luxurious" look and feel of the water! Today's quandary is related to the Hayward EC-65 DE filter. Opened pool (12k gals.) a few weeks ago and got it...

Hi - Newby here. This looks like the place. Thanks in advance for your help. I have a 12k gallon inground pool with vinyl liner, Hayward DE filter. Got a new test kit (Taylor) before posting. Readings are: FC - 5ppm+ (5 is the max on my kit) TC - 5ppm+ AL - 80 PH - 7.2 I have been adding...