DE Filter is a Perflex EC65A, fingers instead of grids.
So pressure went up a bit, 13 psi instead of 11 psi and I bumped the filter to get it down. The next day I noticed dirt in the pool and realized it was dirty DE, assumed one of the fingers got ripped, took the filter apart and cleaned it and saw no damage, there was a lot of junk tho, noticeably more than normal.
After putting it back together and recharging with DE I haven't noticed any DE in the pool, but in the morning when I look at the pump basket I see a small amount of DE at the bottom and coating the couple bits of debris in there.
I have a very small leak from the drain port of the filter, it might be able to fill a shot glass in a weeks time. Also instead of using a scoop to add DE I now have 6 lbs bags of DE so I don't have to measure.
I'm wondering if I'm adding too much DE now, even though the filter says 6 lbs, maybe over time the fingers don't hold the full amount anymore? This filter is very old. Or is such a small leak able to cause my issue? I only have 5-6 weeks of the season left and the earth is fresh so I'm not gonna redo the teflon tape on the filter right now, but I will at the end.
Thanks.
So pressure went up a bit, 13 psi instead of 11 psi and I bumped the filter to get it down. The next day I noticed dirt in the pool and realized it was dirty DE, assumed one of the fingers got ripped, took the filter apart and cleaned it and saw no damage, there was a lot of junk tho, noticeably more than normal.
After putting it back together and recharging with DE I haven't noticed any DE in the pool, but in the morning when I look at the pump basket I see a small amount of DE at the bottom and coating the couple bits of debris in there.
I have a very small leak from the drain port of the filter, it might be able to fill a shot glass in a weeks time. Also instead of using a scoop to add DE I now have 6 lbs bags of DE so I don't have to measure.
I'm wondering if I'm adding too much DE now, even though the filter says 6 lbs, maybe over time the fingers don't hold the full amount anymore? This filter is very old. Or is such a small leak able to cause my issue? I only have 5-6 weeks of the season left and the earth is fresh so I'm not gonna redo the teflon tape on the filter right now, but I will at the end.
Thanks.