G'Day All,
At the beginning of this season, I upgraded from a small cartridge filter system to a 22" sand filter. Installation went great, and my pool season was the easiest in memory. Upon initial start-up and through the season, the pressure guage showed 15lb, and rose slowly through the season to 18ish, so I never backwashed.
Last week, I went out to vacuum the pool, and didn't realize I had a hole in the vac hose. The pump proceeded to suck air for a couple minutes and lost prime until I realized there was problem and shut it down. I found the hole (this is the short version), fixed it, and proceeded to vacuum the pool. When I finished, I put everything away, and turned the pump back on. The guage showed 10lb. And ever since, it shows 10-11lb. Output is down accordingly.
Any ideas as to the cause of this or where to start looking? Thanks in advance for any help.
TJ.
At the beginning of this season, I upgraded from a small cartridge filter system to a 22" sand filter. Installation went great, and my pool season was the easiest in memory. Upon initial start-up and through the season, the pressure guage showed 15lb, and rose slowly through the season to 18ish, so I never backwashed.
Last week, I went out to vacuum the pool, and didn't realize I had a hole in the vac hose. The pump proceeded to suck air for a couple minutes and lost prime until I realized there was problem and shut it down. I found the hole (this is the short version), fixed it, and proceeded to vacuum the pool. When I finished, I put everything away, and turned the pump back on. The guage showed 10lb. And ever since, it shows 10-11lb. Output is down accordingly.
Any ideas as to the cause of this or where to start looking? Thanks in advance for any help.
TJ.