Hello fellow pool owners! I have a 18000 gallon gunite/plaster pool with a Jandy cv460 pump. I’m a long time pool owner in prior homes but no expert. I cannot seem to get my pump pressure to stay lower than 25 psi. I have changed the filters, new breather tube, checked the diverter and the pool chemicals are good! I would appreciate any thoughts or ideas I could check. Thanks
Frustrating pump pressure
- Thread starter 2ndwindKen
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It would be helpful to list what equipment you have, and maybe a picture or two of you setup.
Ken,
I doubt it...
The number one reason that filter pressure quickly goes up is simply algae, even when you can't see it yet...
I assume that after you clean, or replace your cartridges, the filter pressure is back to your normal pressure. Then within a day or so, the pressure is much higher. Is that true???
I suspect that your CYA level is way too high, and your FC is way too low..
Please show us your chemical readings.
Thanks,
Jim R.
And you’ve done an OCLT to rule out no hidden algae clogging up the filter each time you clean it?
- Feb 6, 2015
- 6,147
- Pool Size
- 12300
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-45 Plus
Post a full set of current test results from one of the recommended test kits.
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FC
CC
pH
TA
CH
CYA
Water temperature
Chances are you have a nascent algae bloom, which needs to be addressed by doing a SLAM Process.
But first, do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test.
Test Kits Compared
FC
CC
pH
TA
CH
CYA
Water temperature
Chances are you have a nascent algae bloom, which needs to be addressed by doing a SLAM Process.
But first, do an Overnight Chlorine Loss Test.
After cleaning the filters, the pressure is at about 10 and within minutes it goes up to 25 ish. Filters are only a month old.Ken,
I doubt it...
The number one reason that filter pressure quickly goes up is simply algae, even when you can't see it yet...
I assume that after you clean, or replace your cartridges, the filter pressure is back to your normal pressure. Then within a day or so, the pressure is much higher. Is that true???
I suspect that your CYA level is way too high, and your FC is way too low..
Please show us your chemical readings.
Thanks,
Jim R.
Why is all the flow from the filter going into one 1.5" line, what does that control. Is it a Polaris 360?
Change the position of the valve after the filter to point the other way, toward the 2" line and see what happens.
DavidArmenB
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- Sep 7, 2022
- 259
- Pool Size
- 16500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
There is another pipe teed into that pipe so the flow is going to two separate pipes right now. I assume they’re both for the pool but I wonder what they are for.