We recently replaced our sand filter (which exploded) with a Pentair Tagelus 60D. The manual refers to an air pressure relief valve on the "6-way valve", but there is nothing there. Am I missing something? I don't really want another filter exploding on me!
No Air Pressure Relief Valve
- Thread starter wrd999
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The exploded parts diagram I see shows a petcock opposite the pressure gauge. You just unscrew it a hair and let air out. When water starts seeping, you close it.
I don't see a petcock anywhere on my filter - there's a small glass bowl on the back behind the pressure gauge, but that's it. I've been doing some checks on the internet, and apparently some sand filters don't require a pressure relief valve, and maybe that's the case here. However, the manual indicates that there is one which is confusing me