Hi everyone, Happy Monday! I had a question on when exactly I should be backwashing. I have always read that once the filter pressure rises by a certain amount (past the clean filter pressure), that was when it should be done. It is just when I look at the little pressure gauge, it never creeps up. I used to think it was broken or just a cheap one that didn't work, or maybe the needle was stuck, but when its off, it goes go down to 0. When it turns on, the needle goes right back to that baseline "freshly backwashed" pressure. Its been like 3 months now and its still never gets any higher than that baseline.
Just wondering if that could be normal. We have a sand filter (not sure how many lbs, trying to determine that) and do not have any trees around and do not get a lot of leaves and debris in the pool. However sometimes, if enough time passes, I will backwash anyway, even when it is at the clean baseline...and a lot of dirty water definitely comes out so it makes me nervous that I should be doing it more. Any input would be so appreciated!!
ETA: I read something about just deep cleaning the sand filter once a year as an alternative to backwashing, but our filter is in a small enclosed shed and i can't imagine overflowing that water inside there...hopefully that is not necessary
Just wondering if that could be normal. We have a sand filter (not sure how many lbs, trying to determine that) and do not have any trees around and do not get a lot of leaves and debris in the pool. However sometimes, if enough time passes, I will backwash anyway, even when it is at the clean baseline...and a lot of dirty water definitely comes out so it makes me nervous that I should be doing it more. Any input would be so appreciated!!
ETA: I read something about just deep cleaning the sand filter once a year as an alternative to backwashing, but our filter is in a small enclosed shed and i can't imagine overflowing that water inside there...hopefully that is not necessary
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