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    can't backwash sand filter

    Just went down and opened "I'm stumped" and JamesW told him the in and out ports from his pictures he sent were backwards. Surely I didnt do that...........just when you think you know what your doing! Thanks for the replies, all good now.
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    can't backwash sand filter

    this is my control valve. I just went out and ran thru the settings again and when I put it on waste, there was some flow, and the valve handle "relaxed" for lack of a better term, that the back of the handle dropped with no tension from the spring. No other setting did that. Filter and...
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    can't backwash sand filter

    2nd day opened, and tried to vacuum to waste to eliminate organic sediment and the lats in my sand filter clogged. So, a couple hours later I got the lats out and cleaned, put all back together, and it now filters just fine, but won't backwash, rinse, or waste as it was before the teardown...