Auto chloinator

[Edgie311]

I opened my auto chlor to add pucks and when i turned pump on cloudy water came outt the jets?

Any idea?

Gary

 

[JasonLion]

Some filters let a little debris through when they are turned off and then back on again. This is particularly true of DE filters when there is enough of a disturbance to bump the DE off the grids. It takes a moment for the grids to get fully coated again and some stuff can get through. I have seen this also happen with sand filters that are starting to channelize and with DE and cartridge filters that have holes that are small enough that they normally get blocked up, but that takes a moment to happen. Something similar can happen if your heater is getting old or corroded and rust is washing out when the water starts flowing.

All in all, this isn't normally a big deal. Sometimes it is just normal, as with a DE filter that gets bumped. Other times it indicates that something is just starting to wear out or go wrong (usually long before anything serious happens).