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    How can my SWG produce 2-3 ppm at cell but only 0.5 ppm come out ?

    Hi everyone, I am trying to determine if there is an issue with my pool since, yesterday, I measured Chlorine in the SWG and I got a reading of about 2-3 ppm. Last week, on Monday, I added salt to my pool since it had almost nothing left and no chlorine was being produced. I set the pump to...
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    How can I remove air in filter if I open the lid to take a look at the sand ?

    Thank you very much @Texas Splash. The issue I have is that I have used flocculants for a few years now (always with the pump off or in Recirculation mode) but strangely enough I noticed last month that in Recirculation mode, water seems to get into the filter because the manometer rises to...
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    How can I remove air in filter if I open the lid to take a look at the sand ?

    Hi @morzh thanks a lot for your answer. So basically, you open the lid, close it again and then turn on the pump as normal to remove the air in the filter, right ? Also how can bypass (or circulation) expel the air in the filter if the water cannot go inside due to the selector valve preventing...
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    How can I remove air in filter if I open the lid to take a look at the sand ?

    @Texas Splash then to do Deep Clean, do I have to remove all the water and wait until the sand dries out, add a hose and wait for water to overflow ? (can I do a deep clean without having to remove water from the filter ?) Also what happens to the sand during Deep Clean ? It seems a lot will be...
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    How can I remove air in filter if I open the lid to take a look at the sand ?

    Hi @Texas Splash , thanks a lot for your reply. I have attached a picture of my filter model. However, should I drain the water from the filter is that neccesary ? I'm worried the collectors at the bottom of the filter could get damaged. P.S. Would you mind to help me clear my doubts about the...
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    How can I remove air in filter if I open the lid to take a look at the sand ?

    Hi everyone, I would like to take a look at the sand in my filter to see that everything is running ok and there are no chunks. Everywhere I've read online they say that sand should be changed as soon as you see sand chunks (tunnelling). However, the "Deep Cleaning a Sand Filter" sticky thread...
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    How can I remove air in filter if I open the lid to take a look at the sand ?

    Hi everyone, I would like to open up the filter to take a look at the sand and see if its loosened or clumped together. If I remove the lid, should I remove the water to check the state of the sand ? Also how do I remove the air that will get in the filter once the lid is opened ? Once I close...
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    I have tiles in my pool, what pool type should I select for my profile and Pool Math ?

    Hi everyone, My pool has green tiles but I don't see "tiles" as an option for pool type; I only see vinyl, plaster and fiberglass. Out of these 3 options, which one should I select that most resembles pool tiles ?
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    How many hours should my pump work per day ?

    Hi, I downloaded Pool Math but I have seen no option to calculate the number of runtime hours ? Is there an option I'm missing or is there another way for me to find out ? I'm not closer to finding out how many hours I need to have my pump on. Also could someone explain me why water turnover is...
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    Which joints should I replace to fix selector valve ?

    The problem I also have is that I have used Flocc in the past and I need to be sure that recirculation mode has not let some of the Flocc into the filter. Right now when I use my manual vacuum cleaner I can see a jet stream of dirt coming out from the pool inlet jets and I don't know if the...
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    Which joints should I replace to fix selector valve ?

    Hi @PoolGate, following your advise, I have tried turning the screw on the top of the filter to let out any air in the filter. I turned the screw until water began making its way through the screw. I waited something like 10 minutes but the pressure gauge didn't go down at all. In that case it...
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    Which joints should I replace to fix selector valve ?

    Hi thank you for the link @mknauss but the tutorial does not cover the situation were water leaks to the filter when in Recirculate mode. It doesn't make sense since, as you can see in the pictures above, the valve (joints, spring, etc.) is perfectly fine. Is there perhaps an MPV expert or...
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    Which joints should I replace to fix selector valve ?

    Hi @mknauss yes I mean Re-circulation so the pressure of the water pressure gauge in my filter should go down to 0. But I have opened the MPV this morning and the joints all seem to be fine as you can see in the picture so I don't understand then what could be causing the pressure to go up in...
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    Which joints should I replace to fix selector valve ?

    As always, thank you very much for your reply @PoolGate but would lubrication solve the issue with the filter manometer rising up to 0.7 bar when the MPV is in circulation ? Should I, perhaps, open a different thread for that issue ?
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    How many hours should my pump work per day ?

    Hi @Newdude thanks for your comment but what do you mean with "Most times if you run it a little more for some wiggle room you would never know 10k runtime hours from now that you were 300 hours short when it died." ? That it doesn't matter how many hours I use the cell to produce Chlorine ...
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    Which joints should I replace to fix selector valve ?

    Hi @PoolGate I opened my MPV and from what I saw it was perfectly fine,I have attached the pictures I made this morning of the interior. The spider gasket and O-Ring seem completely fine. The handle is what's more difficult to turn around and I'm tempted to use a 3-in-1 multiuse oil to lubricate...
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    How many hours should my pump work per day ?

    @LoneWolfArcher thank you very much for the link ! I will check it ASAP, the tutorials look very detailed and complete, and I regret not having found the tutorials earlier (would have saved me many painstaking hours of searching online). Perhaps, if there were a "Tutorials" tab on the left-hand...
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    How many hours should my pump work per day ?

    Thank you all guys for your replies. @Msch99 I have just created my signiture detailing as much info as possible (didn't think I'd need it for this post so thanks for the tip btw). Given my chlorinator (which right now is off) generates 25 g/h, chlorine level must be at 2 ppm ( same as 2 mg/L)...
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    How many hours should my pump work per day ?

    Thanks for your reply @borjis . I have a chlorine generator so does that mean I need the pump to work more time ? Also is 2 hours enough ? I believe what you are saying ( your rank speaks for itself), it's just that it looks too short when all over the internet people say the pump must work...