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That air leak/crack in the hose must have been it. It's behaving perfectly now. Either that or it got scared that I was gonna tear everything apart out of frustration. 😁

Thank you for the reply. I will try to test this week and post. An update too, I replaced the outlet hose with the tiny crack in it, turns out, since that crack was near the top of the connection, it wasn't leaking water but was sucking in air. I suspect this may be part of the issue if not the...

Hey everyone. Hoping someone with similar experience can chime in. I have a 12x24 above ground pool with intex salt water chlorinator and sand filter, rated at 2100gph total/1600gph actual. tl;dr - When I put in an intex vacuum, it will run for a few minutes then stop. The output flow is very...

Also Intex makes one for these pools that mounts onto the frame but the reviews I've seen aren't great. I have no experience with them though. One tip. Most reels are adjustable in length. When you set yours up, make it about a foot wider than the pool. I originally made mine the same width as...

I did something similar but not as fancy as the above poster (looks nice though @cowboycasey !) I got two 5 gallon buckets, 2 backs of concrete, two 2x4's an "in ground" solar reel, and wooden yard stakes. I set the 2x4's in the buckets with concrete, mounted the solar reel on the 2x4's at...

Final update, switching out to the palmetto sand did the trick! No more sand in the pool, just in time to close it up for the season, lol. Thanks again for all the help and advice!

Got it. Thanks!

Thank you! I also found a similar thread here with lots of useful info on how to install the skimmer with the pool drained to below the cutline. Very much appreciate the response. Just to clarify, you put a sock on your skimmer in the pool and the prefilter skimmer right next to the pump? I just...

Thank you for the explanation, and for explaining it so the average Joe like myself can understand. :) Much appreciated.

Maybe this question is due to my lack of electrical knowledge but if you sticking your finger in the pool sent current through you to ground, why didn't your gfi trip?

One other update regarding the pump programming. After some playing and testing I believe I finally know the issue. I'm not sure if this is by design, or a bug or what. For my filter (Intex eco 15110-2 sand filter pump with saltwater system), essentially you have to program the pump timer first...

Thank you! That's what I ended up ordering after some further research. I'll report back.

Hello all, Had two quick questions I wanted to try and gain some insight and thoughts on. I have an Intex Ultraframe XTR 12x24 pool with a sand filter and saltwater chlorinator (all packaged together.) I would like to upgrade from the over the wall skimmer to an inwall skimmer. Does the pool...

Next update. After backwashing and rinsing the sand, I did notice a little more sand get into the pool, it seems to dump a good bit after backwash/rinses. So I took apart the filter, dumped the sand, inspected center post and latterals, etc. All look to be good. Then, I decided to go check the...

Brief update. 2 days later and no sand in the pool! I've also noticed a reduction in random debris so I guess it was the 6 way valve! Thanks all for the guidance and support.

Just wanted to chime in with an update. The new 6 way valve came in today and I installed it. It's too early to tell if it resolves the sand issue however I did notice that when backwashing and rinsing with the new valve the water comes out in a cylindrical pattern from the drain valve vs before...

Thank you so much for the detailed reply, especially the part about how the timers work. That is how I have been programming it and you are correct, it's chlorinator + pump time, not overlapping. What I have found is if the total meets or exceeds 14 hours, the pump just stays on "6" forever when...

Sigh. I was afraid that would be the answer. Thank you. I'll take it apart and contact Intex.

Thank you again for the replies. With regards to the timers, I tried setting the pump to 12 and chlorinator to 6. Surprisingly when the chlorinator was done it start the pump timer, but at 12. I'm trying to find a way for a 12 hour or so cycle with 6 hours pump and chlorinator plus 6 hours...

Thank you for the replies! I will try that with the timers. With regards to the sand, I didn't overfill and I did backwash and rinse. I used this type of sand, is there a preferred type brand?: FairmountSantrol AquaQuartz-50 Pool Filter 20-Grade Silica

Hello! Long time lurker first time poster. Awesome forum you have here. It helped me a lot and saved me a lot of headaches in the planning and setup of my Intex 12x24 ultra frame xtr pool with saltwater & sand pump filter. Glad to be aboard! Ed

Hello! Long time lurker, first time poster. Awesome forum you have here! I am the recent proud owner of an Intex 12x24 ultra frame xtr pool with a salt water system. Leveling took a while but setup was fairly straight forward and my family loves it. Added a few upgrades (solar cover, reel...