clean and clear plus

I've had a 2HP Optiflo for about a month, self-installed and bought new. It's been running without issue for that time, until this morning, when I went out to check chlorine and turned the pump on. I heard a puff and pop from the rear of the housing followed by a tripped breaker. I'm thinking...

Hi all I have been doing some research on my pool filter which is a Pentair clean and clear +320. When I clean out the cartridges there’s a lot of dirt at the bottom of the filter. I don’t know if that is dirt simply because we live in a very windy area or if that is DE and I should not clean...