Hello everyone,
I purchased a home with an inground pool in April. The first couple months keeping the pool clean seemed to be going fine but as the season went on it became increasingly more difficult and it just didn't seem like the pool was circulating water and filtering as much as it should and by the time September came my pool was a shade of green that nothing I did could get rid of. After doing some research I think my equipment isn't suitable for a pool of my size, my pool is 48K gallons and I have a Sta-Rite System 3 S7M120 cartridge filter which has a max flow of 100GPM which based on what I've read seems about right for a pool of my size. But the pump I have is a pentair superflo 3/4 hp and based on what I've read that is a low amount of hp for a pool of this size. I think my best course of action is to get new cartridges for my filter I've read that the S7M400 cartridges are interchangeable and may provide more cleaning. I also think I need to purchase a pump of at least 1.5 hp. Do you guys think I'm on the right track with these changes?
I purchased a home with an inground pool in April. The first couple months keeping the pool clean seemed to be going fine but as the season went on it became increasingly more difficult and it just didn't seem like the pool was circulating water and filtering as much as it should and by the time September came my pool was a shade of green that nothing I did could get rid of. After doing some research I think my equipment isn't suitable for a pool of my size, my pool is 48K gallons and I have a Sta-Rite System 3 S7M120 cartridge filter which has a max flow of 100GPM which based on what I've read seems about right for a pool of my size. But the pump I have is a pentair superflo 3/4 hp and based on what I've read that is a low amount of hp for a pool of this size. I think my best course of action is to get new cartridges for my filter I've read that the S7M400 cartridges are interchangeable and may provide more cleaning. I also think I need to purchase a pump of at least 1.5 hp. Do you guys think I'm on the right track with these changes?