Long story short - we bought a house last year with an inground pool. 17x34 - Hayward DE 48 filter. I have been slowly learning the ins and outs of the pool as the previous owner did not open it for several years.
Upon opening the pool it was green. I got the filter up and running and made the newby mistake of cleaning the filter grids and adding DE without checking for holes. I added 9 scoops of DE and watched as it spilled out into the pool.
I bought all new grids and replaced them - all the other parts are free from cracks.
Today I fired up filter with the new grids and added DE. The PSI in the tank sat at 10 PSI for a short time (few hours) and then quickly went up to about 20 PSI. It seems like I should backwash the system but I am wondering if I should run it with only a partial load of DE for the time being? This way it would have an easier time filtering out all the DE in the water??
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Jason
Upon opening the pool it was green. I got the filter up and running and made the newby mistake of cleaning the filter grids and adding DE without checking for holes. I added 9 scoops of DE and watched as it spilled out into the pool.
I bought all new grids and replaced them - all the other parts are free from cracks.
Today I fired up filter with the new grids and added DE. The PSI in the tank sat at 10 PSI for a short time (few hours) and then quickly went up to about 20 PSI. It seems like I should backwash the system but I am wondering if I should run it with only a partial load of DE for the time being? This way it would have an easier time filtering out all the DE in the water??
Any suggestions?
Thanks
Jason