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No it isn't. But as I said before, after 20 minutes it is still clean. I can pull the cartridge out and just put it back in without doing anything to it and it would run again for another 20 minutes. I get what you all are saying, but I just don't see the filter getting clogged in that short...

Thanks for the quick reply. I don't know much about pools. My grandmother told me that the old pool guy would add powder to the skimmer, so I will assume that it is a DE filter. So, I will be needing to clean the filter every 20 minutes? As it clogs up every 20 or so minutes. I just didn't...

Thanks for the reply. It isn't that the filter clogs up, as it is practically clean when the pressure goes up and I lose suction. Also, when the old filter is in, wouldn't it clog up fast too if that were the case? I will run out and get a full testing kit as soon as I can, but right now I am...

I'm not sure how much my friend added, but I think it was around 3#. I may be wrong about the number, but it doesn't seem that much was taken from the new bag I bought. The filter is small, so it doesn't require a whole lot. The filter still looks fairly clean when it stops flowing. I usually...

For the first 20 minutes or so it reads between 10 and 12. Then after that, it jumps to 20+. With the old filter it would always stay between 10 and 12 unless it needed to be cleaned.

I'm visiting my grandmother here in Florida for a few weeks. I went out to clean her pool filter a week or so ago and noticed her filter cartridge was all ripped up. I ordered a new one and when I put it in, the automatic pool vacuum doesn't move and the jets stop. It is the exact same filter...