Hello - hope everyone is well,
I have a Hayward C2020 4 cartridge Swimclear filter unit. It is at least 12 years old, as I inherited it with the house when we bought.
I've changed cartridges frequently and replaced the rubber o-ring seal that sits where you join the top to the bottom (o-ring purchased from Leslie's.)
I recently got to wondering whether I should replace the clamp on general principle that its pretty old. There does not appear to be anything wrong with it. However, the combo package of clamp and seal on Amazon has some sketchy reviews that the available new clamp is aluminum, not steel which is what I think I have, and that it corrodes quite fast, and that the new one doesn't fit as universally as it would appear from the ad on Amazon.
So, some questions for the hive mind of us all:
1) should I replace the clamp at all just because it is old?
2) If so, is the one on Amazon - apparently from Hayward itself - the best choice?
3) For $216 just for the clamp and seal, should I be thinking about a complete new cartridge unit? Are new ones safer or made with better materials etc? (I have to use a cartridge model due to the water company regs here regarding backwashing.)
I have a Hayward C2020 4 cartridge Swimclear filter unit. It is at least 12 years old, as I inherited it with the house when we bought.
I've changed cartridges frequently and replaced the rubber o-ring seal that sits where you join the top to the bottom (o-ring purchased from Leslie's.)
I recently got to wondering whether I should replace the clamp on general principle that its pretty old. There does not appear to be anything wrong with it. However, the combo package of clamp and seal on Amazon has some sketchy reviews that the available new clamp is aluminum, not steel which is what I think I have, and that it corrodes quite fast, and that the new one doesn't fit as universally as it would appear from the ad on Amazon.
So, some questions for the hive mind of us all:
1) should I replace the clamp at all just because it is old?
2) If so, is the one on Amazon - apparently from Hayward itself - the best choice?
3) For $216 just for the clamp and seal, should I be thinking about a complete new cartridge unit? Are new ones safer or made with better materials etc? (I have to use a cartridge model due to the water company regs here regarding backwashing.)