- Aug 4, 2014
- 14
I've got a 3 yr old pool and for the second time this week it pumped sand into my spa and pool. It seems to only happen when I switch it to spa mode. I've read all that I can on here, but I've got more research to do. I just wanted to see if anyone else had this particular problem. When I switch to spa mode it increases the pump speed and the pressure on the filter normally goes from baseline 18 up to 30 - this is the normal. I was wondering if there is anything that would fail under the higher pressures, but not fail at normal low pressure. My filter is a Pentair Sand Dollar it's the 80D, so it's large - holds about 350 lbs of sand. I've recovered about 10 lbs out of the spa and small amount in pool from when I switched it back to Pool mode. I ran out this morning to get a Spider gasket, and they sold me the whole plastic multiport piece with the gasket already glued in. I haven't put it in yet because I'm tired of cleaning the sand out of pool and it doesn't have a problem unless I turn the spa on. It's the first sunny day here in a while and I want to enjoy the pool instead of fixing it! When I vacuumed it this AM - I did vacuum to waste, so that I wouldn't get sand in the Laterals. Any ideas? Thanks!