Hi all,
I just installed my brand new Hayward S244S, filled it with 150 lbs of Zeosand, and uncovered my pool yesterday. This morning I tried backwashing but nothing much was coming out of the flat backwash hose and the psi slowly climbed to 20-25 before I freaked out and shut it off.
Here's what I did:
1) Made sure my suction lines were open
2) Connected flat backwash hose
3) Opened the filter's air pressure release valve on the top of the filter
4) Poured a bucket of water in the pump to prime it
5) Flipped the switch
I saw water flowing into the filter from the pump (have a clear pipe connecting the two). The release valve started hissing air and I was looking for water to come out of it when I saw the psi climbing. After shutting it off I realized the flat backwash hose had a kink in it.
Am I doing everything correctly here? Could a kink in a backwash hose cause the filter's pressure to climb like that? If so, why wasn't any water coming out of the pressure release valve?
Probably going to give it another go now that I know to make sure my backwash hose is laid out straight w/o any kinks, but am I doing everything else right? I wanted to double check here before flipping it back on again.
Edit: just read this part of the "Opening Your Winterized Pool" article:
I only filled the filter about half way full w/ water (before adding the sand)... Do I need to take off the top gasket and fill it to the top with water before backwashing again?
Thanks!
-Gary
I just installed my brand new Hayward S244S, filled it with 150 lbs of Zeosand, and uncovered my pool yesterday. This morning I tried backwashing but nothing much was coming out of the flat backwash hose and the psi slowly climbed to 20-25 before I freaked out and shut it off.
Here's what I did:
1) Made sure my suction lines were open
2) Connected flat backwash hose
3) Opened the filter's air pressure release valve on the top of the filter
4) Poured a bucket of water in the pump to prime it
5) Flipped the switch
I saw water flowing into the filter from the pump (have a clear pipe connecting the two). The release valve started hissing air and I was looking for water to come out of it when I saw the psi climbing. After shutting it off I realized the flat backwash hose had a kink in it.
Am I doing everything correctly here? Could a kink in a backwash hose cause the filter's pressure to climb like that? If so, why wasn't any water coming out of the pressure release valve?
Probably going to give it another go now that I know to make sure my backwash hose is laid out straight w/o any kinks, but am I doing everything else right? I wanted to double check here before flipping it back on again.
Edit: just read this part of the "Opening Your Winterized Pool" article:
If using a sand filter, carefully add water to filter prior to attaching muti-port gasket
I only filled the filter about half way full w/ water (before adding the sand)... Do I need to take off the top gasket and fill it to the top with water before backwashing again?
Thanks!
-Gary