EricF
05-25-2006, 04:46 PM
Sand filter, SWCG, 33k gallon rectangular 18 x40 inground gunite/plaster pool.
The water in the pool had been beautiful this spring, now this. Opened my pool after being covered for 4 days and discovered extremely cloudy water. Upon checking my SWCG, it turns out my flow sensor had malfunctioned, resulting in a chlorine level of zero. Just great.
I have slugged the pool with bleach, and now am at a FC level of 30, CC level of 1, vacuuming to waste, yada, yada.
Now, to finally come to my question. Last year, I bought a "Super Slime Bag" thinking I might use it to "polish" the water prior to parties. It is a fine mesh filter that can filter down to 1 micron to help remove very fine particles. (You can look it up at www.cleanerpools.net). My problem is connecting this to my 1 1/2 inch Hayward eyeball returns. It comes with a 1 1/2 inch male fitting, but when you remove the compression plate that holds the eyeball in place, it is a male threaded pipe that does NOT fit into a standard female pvc pipe. The supplied connector for the bag has a male thread.
I assume that the part protruding is actually part of the return that can be removed, but I am having a very hard time removing it.
Does anyone know of a female piece that would fit this connection, or do I just need to be more aggressive about removing this male connector? I just hope it wasn't glued in place!
EricF
The water in the pool had been beautiful this spring, now this. Opened my pool after being covered for 4 days and discovered extremely cloudy water. Upon checking my SWCG, it turns out my flow sensor had malfunctioned, resulting in a chlorine level of zero. Just great.
I have slugged the pool with bleach, and now am at a FC level of 30, CC level of 1, vacuuming to waste, yada, yada.
Now, to finally come to my question. Last year, I bought a "Super Slime Bag" thinking I might use it to "polish" the water prior to parties. It is a fine mesh filter that can filter down to 1 micron to help remove very fine particles. (You can look it up at www.cleanerpools.net). My problem is connecting this to my 1 1/2 inch Hayward eyeball returns. It comes with a 1 1/2 inch male fitting, but when you remove the compression plate that holds the eyeball in place, it is a male threaded pipe that does NOT fit into a standard female pvc pipe. The supplied connector for the bag has a male thread.
I assume that the part protruding is actually part of the return that can be removed, but I am having a very hard time removing it.
Does anyone know of a female piece that would fit this connection, or do I just need to be more aggressive about removing this male connector? I just hope it wasn't glued in place!
EricF