I have dirty water, (looks like possibly Algae, not sure maybe just dirty water) blowing back in my pool from return jets during and while I'm backwashing pool. My pool can be crystal clear, but after I backwash, it's cloudy and dirty. This does not happen when vacuuming the pool, only backwashing. What may be my issue?
Dirty water blowing back in pool while backwashing
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Has any work been done to your filter that could have resulted in the flange on multi port being broken?
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Most common reason is failure to rinse after backwashing. You should go to the "rinse" position for at least one minute and sometimes longer. Can you see the water coming out of the pool in either "rinse" or "backwash"?
Another far less common cause could be a damaged spider gasket inside the multiport.....tell us about the rinse issue first.
Most common reason is failure to rinse after backwashing. You should go to the "rinse" position for at least one minute and sometimes longer. Can you see the water coming out of the pool in either "rinse" or "backwash"?
Another far less common cause could be a damaged spider gasket inside the multiport.....tell us about the rinse issue first.
Last summer a pool company can't out and changed my sand. That's all that been done.
I do a complete rinse, so I'm pretty sure that's not the issue. Maybe the spider gasket could be the problem I guess.Welcome to the forum
Most common reason is failure to rinse after backwashing. You should go to the "rinse" position for at least one minute and sometimes longer. Can you see the water coming out of the pool in either "rinse" or "backwash"?
Another far less common cause could be a damaged spider gasket inside the multiport.....tell us about the rinse issue first.
Yes, I have been in the process of cleaning up some Algea, so during the backwash process there is dirty water in the site glass. I have done a back wash once a week for the past 3 weeks.
After about a minute of backwashing, the dirty water is coming out of the Jets for about a minute, or so, then I noticed about 2 minutes in the process, the water was clearer coming out. This is how it is Everytime I backwash. You can tell there looks to be trash and Algea both coming back in pool
That typically indicates you are not rinsing long enough. The sight glass should be clear when you finish the rinse.
If it is clear at the end of the rinse and you STILL get debris back in the pool, I would take the multiport apart and inspect the spider gasket.