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Hello All,
Long post, here is the short version: I am concerned that my pump is too strong for my sand filter. I have a 10K gallon pool. Please see the pics for the specs. I do not know enough about the math to know if they are ok together.
Longer version as to what I am seeing:
End of the pool season 2016 we are having our first child and my mom is at our house and calls me to tell me our old pump crapped out. I run home, buy a new pump/filter from the store (old one was from previous home owners) and run back to the hospital. Hayward S166TPAKS sand filter, Hayward Power-Flo LX 1.0 HP pump SP 1580 TLFP
Mid way through the next season (2017) and all of 2018, I am seeing something in the pool that might be sand but I am not sure. It only happens when the pump is running. When I brush it, it dissipates, but that could be algae too. I do the "sock test" with cut piece of a red stocking/legging from my wife and put it over the return for approx 4 hours to see if it catches any sand. Then I check it out and I think I saw a grain or 2 of sand but that's it. So I say to myself "The amount of stuff I am seeing in the pool cannot be coming from a couple grains per day, so it must be algae". So I throw all kinds of chemicals at it. No change, but the pool seems fine otherwise, so I just vacuum more often that normal.
This year, I had an ammonia problem when opening the pool. I SLAMed the pool. Hard. From this forum, I understand more now and know that the pool looks perfect and I do not lose any chlorine overnight, and all my levels are great, so it can't be algae. Then I happen to start researching the size of my filter vs. my filter. I am not sure about the specs, so I posted them in the pics below and am hoping that someone can tell me if my pump is too strong, then I know it is sand. That is my suspicion, but I am unsure
1st 2 pictures show flow rate specs for filter and pump, last picture shows a bit of what accumulates after pool is vacuumed and then pump ran for a couple hours
Hello All,
Long post, here is the short version: I am concerned that my pump is too strong for my sand filter. I have a 10K gallon pool. Please see the pics for the specs. I do not know enough about the math to know if they are ok together.
Longer version as to what I am seeing:
End of the pool season 2016 we are having our first child and my mom is at our house and calls me to tell me our old pump crapped out. I run home, buy a new pump/filter from the store (old one was from previous home owners) and run back to the hospital. Hayward S166TPAKS sand filter, Hayward Power-Flo LX 1.0 HP pump SP 1580 TLFP
Mid way through the next season (2017) and all of 2018, I am seeing something in the pool that might be sand but I am not sure. It only happens when the pump is running. When I brush it, it dissipates, but that could be algae too. I do the "sock test" with cut piece of a red stocking/legging from my wife and put it over the return for approx 4 hours to see if it catches any sand. Then I check it out and I think I saw a grain or 2 of sand but that's it. So I say to myself "The amount of stuff I am seeing in the pool cannot be coming from a couple grains per day, so it must be algae". So I throw all kinds of chemicals at it. No change, but the pool seems fine otherwise, so I just vacuum more often that normal.
This year, I had an ammonia problem when opening the pool. I SLAMed the pool. Hard. From this forum, I understand more now and know that the pool looks perfect and I do not lose any chlorine overnight, and all my levels are great, so it can't be algae. Then I happen to start researching the size of my filter vs. my filter. I am not sure about the specs, so I posted them in the pics below and am hoping that someone can tell me if my pump is too strong, then I know it is sand. That is my suspicion, but I am unsure
1st 2 pictures show flow rate specs for filter and pump, last picture shows a bit of what accumulates after pool is vacuumed and then pump ran for a couple hours
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