Hi all,
First time poster here, and first-time pool opener.
I recently bought a brand new Hayward S244S sand filter, and am about to open my winterized pool. I expect the water will be pretty nasty and I have a question about opening the pool: do I just set the filter to "filter" and let it run for a couple of hours, then backwash/rinse/switch back to filter? I saw a couple of videos that say to do this, but someone in the comments said "you shouldn't run the filter on a pool w/ green water." Were they insinuating to triple-shock the water *before* turning on the filter system? I guess I'm just unclear whether to add chemicals before or after turning on my brand new sand filter.
Thanks,
-Gary
First time poster here, and first-time pool opener.
I recently bought a brand new Hayward S244S sand filter, and am about to open my winterized pool. I expect the water will be pretty nasty and I have a question about opening the pool: do I just set the filter to "filter" and let it run for a couple of hours, then backwash/rinse/switch back to filter? I saw a couple of videos that say to do this, but someone in the comments said "you shouldn't run the filter on a pool w/ green water." Were they insinuating to triple-shock the water *before* turning on the filter system? I guess I'm just unclear whether to add chemicals before or after turning on my brand new sand filter.
Thanks,
-Gary