Cloudy water/DE Filter

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jaindesi

jaindesi

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May 15, 2019
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Bridgewater, NJ
Pool Size
15000
Surface
Plaster
Chlorine
Liquid Chlorine
Hello All. Hope everyone is ready for Memorial Day weekend.
Like to say thank you in advance.
This year it taking very long time to get the water to get super clear. I have dumped tons of liquid chlorine to get the water clear. I still have to get the test done for the day but I know there is lot of chlorine in the water. I have a DE filter with ripped lining in the Grid. Maybe two or three grids have edges where the stitching came off. Majority of the DE I add from the skimmer gets pushed back out from the return lines in to the pool. Grids are not holding the DE. Can not having DE in the filter cause cloudy water? Should I replace the Grids or jut get a new Filter?
 
Certainly the filter needs to be repaired or replaced. DE might give some cloudiness then settle until it's stirred-up again. I have no experience with the Earthworks model you show in your signature, but other than the torn grids, if it works it should be fine.

But the cloudiness could also be from algae if the SLAM Process wasn't completed properly after opening. Your PoolMath logs don't show any updates for about 2 years, so you might post some fresh test results so we can see the chemistry as well.
 
@Texas Splash I am still n SLAM process. I dumped too much Chlorine yesterday. When I was testing for Cl and PH, CL color change to red instead of staying yellow. Ph is around 8.2. CYA is around 30. I tried to do SLAM FC test and due to too much chlorine in the water, I am way over the CYA limits of the charge. Based on the TFP SLAM recommendation of CYA at 30, my FC should be around 12. I will have to wait till my chlorine burns off. In the mean time I'll try to grab some pics of the grids inside the filter.
 
jaindesi said:
I have a DE filter with ripped lining in the Grid. Maybe two or three grids have edges where the stitching came off.
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I went through this several times over the years. What I finally wound up doing is to buy a new complete assembly (mine holds 10 grids in all) so that I always have one on hand while the other is being acid-cleaned. I've also just replaced grids. Mine have round plastic spacers in between each, so when reassembling the whole thing have to really watch that the edges of the grid material wind up under those spacers so as not to leak DE (or other dirt, etc.)right back into the return lines. Weird taking the whole thing apart since it's sort of like dominoes until they all get lined up and then there's a long threaded shaft that runs through the middle of the assy with nuts on both ends. Really a 2-person job otherwise it's almost impossible to work from both ends at the same time. If the whole thing isn't tight enough, there can also be leakage (not to mention that the grids tend to shift position when lifted out of the filter tank). I'd buy new grids - makes a big difference.
jaindesi said:
I'll try to grab some pics of the grids inside the filter.
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Be curious to see what yours look like.
 
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