I am seeking advice on what direction I should take on my current 15 year old Pentair Triton TR60 filter. I currently have two issues with it: 1) leak at the lower bulkhead and 2) recent sand leaking into the pool - probably from the laterals or centerpipe but not confirmed.
I suspect both of these could be side effects from an issue I had a couple of months ago when my pump went rogue and changed one of its program settings all by itself to run at max pressure. I found this after it had run like this for at least a couple of hours. The stress from this may have caused the damage to the filter.
I am scheduled for a June 1 service call from my pool store (yes, lead time is that long now here and sadly I am not able to attempt such repairs on my own). I seem to have a couple of choices: 1) replace the bulkhead, laterals and whatever else they find is broken. Based on what I paid for my last sand change and the additional parts and labor I would guess this could be north of $400. 2) Purchase a new Triton II with ClearPro. My quote (installed w/sand) on this is a whopping $2400 (prices are quite high in this region these days).
Given that the filter itself is 15 years old and that it may have more underlying damage from the excess pressure incident, I am looking for suggestions whether I bite the bullet now and replace it. Or just deal with fixing what they find when they open it up and hope for the best and another few years of service from it.
Thank you.
I suspect both of these could be side effects from an issue I had a couple of months ago when my pump went rogue and changed one of its program settings all by itself to run at max pressure. I found this after it had run like this for at least a couple of hours. The stress from this may have caused the damage to the filter.
I am scheduled for a June 1 service call from my pool store (yes, lead time is that long now here and sadly I am not able to attempt such repairs on my own). I seem to have a couple of choices: 1) replace the bulkhead, laterals and whatever else they find is broken. Based on what I paid for my last sand change and the additional parts and labor I would guess this could be north of $400. 2) Purchase a new Triton II with ClearPro. My quote (installed w/sand) on this is a whopping $2400 (prices are quite high in this region these days).
Given that the filter itself is 15 years old and that it may have more underlying damage from the excess pressure incident, I am looking for suggestions whether I bite the bullet now and replace it. Or just deal with fixing what they find when they open it up and hope for the best and another few years of service from it.
Thank you.