Not sure what to think.
I have a Hayward S244T sand filter, and it is about 5 1/2 years old. Occasionally when it first starts running, I get a fine white particulate coming out of my returns for about 10-15 minutes. I freshly backwashed it hard (like 4 minutes), and rinsed. I'm still getting this smoke looking cloud coming out of the returns on occasion.
Could this be channeling? If so, how should I clear it out?
I'm going to pull off the top tonight and make sure there isn't crack in the internal return pipe, blowing the filtered material on the top of the sand stack back into the returns.
I have a Hayward S244T sand filter, and it is about 5 1/2 years old. Occasionally when it first starts running, I get a fine white particulate coming out of my returns for about 10-15 minutes. I freshly backwashed it hard (like 4 minutes), and rinsed. I'm still getting this smoke looking cloud coming out of the returns on occasion.
Could this be channeling? If so, how should I clear it out?
I'm going to pull off the top tonight and make sure there isn't crack in the internal return pipe, blowing the filtered material on the top of the sand stack back into the returns.