Hi All,
I'm a second year pool owner. I have a 15'x30' oval above ground pool with a Waterway clearwater II 1.5HP cartridge filter/pump.
We had our pool installed late July 2018, and when we bought the pool, the salesman told us the filter should only have to be cleaned once a season, but may need an occasional cleaning mid-season if the pump pressure gets too high.
This year we opened the pool to crystal clear water and able to get all the balances right...but, the cartridge is getting filthy dirty every couple of days. Pump pressure is getting over 20psi (normally at a steady 15psi) and it is barely able to vacuum anything up.
I'm not sure if it's the time of season and the air is dirtier than it was last year, or what. Closing up last season, I cleaned the filter and it was mildly grey (about 2.5 months of use and).
This year for example, I cleaned the filter on July 2nd, went out of town from the 3rd-7th. Let some friends use the pool 1 day in between and on July 8th the filter looked like this again:
anyone go through this before?
Any ideas as to if I'm doing something wrong or how to prevent this?
Any help is greatly appreciated...
thanks!
I'm a second year pool owner. I have a 15'x30' oval above ground pool with a Waterway clearwater II 1.5HP cartridge filter/pump.
We had our pool installed late July 2018, and when we bought the pool, the salesman told us the filter should only have to be cleaned once a season, but may need an occasional cleaning mid-season if the pump pressure gets too high.
This year we opened the pool to crystal clear water and able to get all the balances right...but, the cartridge is getting filthy dirty every couple of days. Pump pressure is getting over 20psi (normally at a steady 15psi) and it is barely able to vacuum anything up.
I'm not sure if it's the time of season and the air is dirtier than it was last year, or what. Closing up last season, I cleaned the filter and it was mildly grey (about 2.5 months of use and).
This year for example, I cleaned the filter on July 2nd, went out of town from the 3rd-7th. Let some friends use the pool 1 day in between and on July 8th the filter looked like this again:
anyone go through this before?
Any ideas as to if I'm doing something wrong or how to prevent this?
Any help is greatly appreciated...
thanks!