Hi,
I have a new 150 square foot cartridge filter, this thing is like 3ft tall, I ran it until the water pressure was close to the red and took it out and hosed it off for 30 mins, top to bottom, trying to get the water jet into every crease, that dropped the pressure a bit but nowhere near the brand new level and it quickly went back to close to the red, because I was stuck I bought a second cartridge, problem temporarily solved.
When I ordered the cartridge I also ordered a cleaning spray, I haven't used it yet, the obviously still dirty spare filter has dried and I'm trying to figure out the best way to clean it, I don't have anything right now to completely submerge such a large filter but I could get something if that was necessary.
It's an outdoor, odd shaped pool and so I don't have a cover, it's winter, there are a lot of trees around and quite a bit of construction in my area. Also the pool is over 20 years old and it doesn't have a port for a creepy crawly and the vacuum is broken (it never worked well, it's one of the ones you connect over the skimmer inlet, the whole pool needs an overhaul but I'm scraping by as best I can for now. What I'm saying is the pool bottom is a bit of a nightmare to keep clean, at the moment I'm brushing it and running the pump to filter for an extended amount of time.
Apart from the large filter cleaning suggestions I would also really appreciate any opinions on the best way to keep the whole thing running better. Lately I have been thinking of plumbing a smaller and easier to maintain filter in front of the the large one and also a way to easily vacuum would be amazing, or retrofitting a creepy crawly, the 4WD robot doesn't do too well with the fine stuff on the pool bottom.
Please help you fantastic bunch of humans!
Thanks.
Richard
I have a new 150 square foot cartridge filter, this thing is like 3ft tall, I ran it until the water pressure was close to the red and took it out and hosed it off for 30 mins, top to bottom, trying to get the water jet into every crease, that dropped the pressure a bit but nowhere near the brand new level and it quickly went back to close to the red, because I was stuck I bought a second cartridge, problem temporarily solved.
When I ordered the cartridge I also ordered a cleaning spray, I haven't used it yet, the obviously still dirty spare filter has dried and I'm trying to figure out the best way to clean it, I don't have anything right now to completely submerge such a large filter but I could get something if that was necessary.
It's an outdoor, odd shaped pool and so I don't have a cover, it's winter, there are a lot of trees around and quite a bit of construction in my area. Also the pool is over 20 years old and it doesn't have a port for a creepy crawly and the vacuum is broken (it never worked well, it's one of the ones you connect over the skimmer inlet, the whole pool needs an overhaul but I'm scraping by as best I can for now. What I'm saying is the pool bottom is a bit of a nightmare to keep clean, at the moment I'm brushing it and running the pump to filter for an extended amount of time.
Apart from the large filter cleaning suggestions I would also really appreciate any opinions on the best way to keep the whole thing running better. Lately I have been thinking of plumbing a smaller and easier to maintain filter in front of the the large one and also a way to easily vacuum would be amazing, or retrofitting a creepy crawly, the 4WD robot doesn't do too well with the fine stuff on the pool bottom.
Please help you fantastic bunch of humans!
Thanks.
Richard
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