I have an above ground pool. I also have an attachment that is supposed to sweep up the dirt into the filter system. As soon as I do this, it seems the filter system sends it back into the pool. It is dirty 4 hours later. Can someone tell me after I hook up the vacuum, what setting should I put the filter on? HOw often should I backwash? What does rinse do for your filter? I spend an hour cleaning my pool every time i use it and it NEVER is clean for more than 8 hours. Do you ahve any suggestions?
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You didn’t indicate what type of filter system you are using, and this is most important, but either way the problem is that the dirt is bypassing the filtration somehow, either through cracked manifolds, or insufficient filter medium (diatomaceous earth on grids, for example). A sand filter doesn’t usually do this.
If you have a simple grid filter, there may be tears or holes in the surfaces. If you have a DE filter, there has to be the correct amount of DE added to coat all grids to a uniform thickness. Cartridge filters have to be tight and free of tears and holes to work effectively.
You should backwash whenever the filter pressure increases about 10 psi above normal clean pressure, and this often happens when vacuuming a lot of debris. If you don’t have a pressure gauge to go by, then after vacuuming is a good time to get rid of all you’ve just cleaned out of the pool.
The rinse position on your multi-port valve is used after backwashing, to clear backwash water out of the lines before reversing the flow to go back to the pool, so you don’t send any backwash water into the pool. A typical rinse cycle should last 15-30 seconds, depending on flowrate, before setting the valve back to ‘filter’. As directed, the pump should always be off when changing the position on your multi-port valve.
It sounds to me like you have a sand filter.
If, when you vacuum, the dirt is returning to the pool, I would suggest vacuuming to waste. Although you will lose water quickly, you will not re-circulate the dirt.
You should backwash any time you notice that the pressure on the gage is unusually high (greater than 25 psi) and that the flow of the return is weak. Backwash until the water in the sight glass is clear. After that, switch the setting to rinse for 20-30 seconds.
Rinse essentially cleans the sand within the filter tank.
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