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The pressure gage on the top of my Hayward cartridge filter is reading 30psi. I'm really hoping you can help : ) When i turn on the pump the filter housing bulges up like it's ready to pop. I do not have an algae problem. I just flushed the pool heater with 1:2 mix of muriatic acid:water...

My gage is still at 30psi and my filter housing visually surges up when you turn the pump on. Scary... Algae problem solved a while back. shocked it, put in enough Phosfree brand phosphate removal chemicals to get the "food" for the algae out of the water. Also, I have flushed the pool pump...

yes, completely thank you for the recommendation!

so the algae is probably consuming the FC faster than the TCell can make it... dang it that should have been obvious. thank you again.

i cannot tell the difference between the 7.2 and the 7.4 the 8.0 and the 7.8 and 7.6 all look pretty much the same to me the 7.2 and 7.0 look teh same to mee to. i can tell the difference between the 7.0 and the 7.4

when i take my water to the pool store im within +/- 100 ppm on their report compared to my box.

by the way, i cannot use my own test kit, i can see colors, but many colors look the same to me. totally fail color blindness test. so i can't use it. have to rely on pool store test. could have my family read it, but... logistics...

thank you mk. thank you james.

i reading reasons in helpful articles that give reasons for high pressure readings and lime scale inside heater sounds like a possibility.

mk, yes i do have alge. and my chemicals are fine. i added the phosphate remover and algaecide. water is clear, but walls are slippery and slightly green. water tests don't show algae levels, so sorry i misunderstood where you were going with that.

hi mk the water is clear. had the local pool store test it. i did everything they said to do. rechecked. it's fine. salt is 3300 this morning on the display screen of my equipment. i know that is not the real number. pool store measured it at 3522 on 7/3.

thank you very much James. I will do this and report back. thank you mk. my water is balanced. can't figure anything out unless the water is balanced... im using 3" tabs to keep it correct while we troubleshoot it.

my hayward TurboCell looks like it is turning on to make chlorine but there is no chlorine in the pool i turn the pump on the display screen shows the delay timer for the SWG then i hear the relay click on the display shows the 24.4V on the screen so i think it is trying to make chlorine the...

yes the gage goes to zero when the pump is off.

The pressure gage on the top of my Hayward cartridge filter is reading 30psi. I'm really hoping you can help : ) Here's my set up: 7-year-old pool and equipment 9000 gallons - rectangle 12ft x 28ft x ~4ft 1.5hp Hayward pump - seems to run fine Hayward cartridge filter - replaced 4 filters in...