Filter plug for my Intex 18' x 48" AGP

[bobmcinnis]

Hi, back again with another question. Members of this forum have been hugely helpful in the past. I kept my pool up this winter for the first time and was able to plug everything but the large hole coming from the Intex filter output hose to the pool. It's the only hole that the water returns into the pool and it's a big one, too big for those little black "hat" plugs to fit into. Nothing I have seems to fit it so I just have a hose with a valve at the end hanging from it until I figure out what goes in there. Does anyone know what closes this, maybe a link to what I need? I'm attaching some pics.

Thanks!

Bob

 

[Mdragger88]

Do u have an intex sand filter? If so does it have the little grey screw on cap that covers the backwash port? U could unscrew the hose & use that there. Or u can lower the water level below that fitting & leave it open - just plug the returns w/ the black hats. That is what most do to lower the risk of ice damage to their wall fitting.

 

[Woodstock1234]

I believe this is the part you are looking for:

Intex 11456, Drain Valve Cap for Sand Filter Pumps and Combo​

 

[jseyfert3]

I just drained the pool below that and unscrewed the fitting completely and just left the hole open.

Any of those valves left in use in the winter will freeze and crack.