Question about Soaking filter cartridges

[salinda]

Anyone have input on this? Simple question that I can't get my head around. What do you do with the dirty soak solution in a large trash barrel? How/where do you dump it?

[mas985]

I have only cleaned my twice but each time I did soak them in simple green and water. Pool was new and a lot of plaster dust in the filter.

A good indicator would be that the pressure does not drop all the way after cleaning. At that point a soak may be necessary. Also, if your family uses a lot of sun screen, I would suggest a soak each cleaning.

I am planning on only cleaning mine twice a year so it is not much extra work to soak them overnight between filter cycles.

I dump the water near the pad where I have just dirt and bark and a low spot where it collects and then is absorbed into the dirt. I know of others who clean their filters on their lawn and dump the water there.

[salinda]

Thanks Mark! I also just read at my sanitation district website that my husband shouldn't be cleaning the filters on the driveway to let the waste run into the storm drain....it should be done on the lawn or dirt.

I just wasn't sure about dumping detergent into the ground, but it is probably mostly fertilizer if anything.....