Due to joining this forum, it has been discovered that the plumbing on my DE Quad 60 is reversed somehow. Thanks to this community!
This reversed plumbing pushes water through the cartridges from the bottom up, forcing DE and strenuous pressure into the cartridges and exploding and breaking the brand new cartridges.
Speculations:
1.) Isn't this process what happens when you backwash?
2.) Why not just remove the backwash valve completely and plumb new pipes into the inlet and outlet as designed.
3.) Buy this and keep the backwashing as an option?
I have decided I will cut and replace everything except for the QUAD DE 60. "It can't be that hard"
Pump Options - A lot of you all speak highly of VS pumps and some speak highly of dual speed so I think I will get one of those to keep energy consumption and noise down. (My current rig is a 3/4HP Single Speed Pump, and it sucks - no pun intended)
Some of the above pumps look like they have digital timers and so forth, does that mean I remove the T104P and just keep the toggle switch below it? (toggle switch can cut off power to the pump and the neighboring outlet, so I will keep it there.
Finally, is there anything I need to consider that I am forgetting? Does the breaker in the basement need to be evaluated for these pumps?
How do I remove or lower the water levels in the pipes that go into the diverter valve before the pump? I feel like when I cut those I am going to have a lot of water exiting that was stored in the pipes waiting to go to the pump.
This reversed plumbing pushes water through the cartridges from the bottom up, forcing DE and strenuous pressure into the cartridges and exploding and breaking the brand new cartridges.
Speculations:
1.) Isn't this process what happens when you backwash?
2.) Why not just remove the backwash valve completely and plumb new pipes into the inlet and outlet as designed.
3.) Buy this and keep the backwashing as an option?
I have decided I will cut and replace everything except for the QUAD DE 60. "It can't be that hard"
Pump Options - A lot of you all speak highly of VS pumps and some speak highly of dual speed so I think I will get one of those to keep energy consumption and noise down. (My current rig is a 3/4HP Single Speed Pump, and it sucks - no pun intended)
- Pentair SuperFlo VS (1.5HP) $715
- Hayward MaxfloVS (1.65HP) $800
- Hayward Super Pump VS (.85 HP) ($877)
- Pentair Dual Speed (1 HP) ($550)
- Your Suggestion instead: __________________
Some of the above pumps look like they have digital timers and so forth, does that mean I remove the T104P and just keep the toggle switch below it? (toggle switch can cut off power to the pump and the neighboring outlet, so I will keep it there.
Finally, is there anything I need to consider that I am forgetting? Does the breaker in the basement need to be evaluated for these pumps?
How do I remove or lower the water levels in the pipes that go into the diverter valve before the pump? I feel like when I cut those I am going to have a lot of water exiting that was stored in the pipes waiting to go to the pump.
