New Pool Owner With 2 Quick Questions

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2) I have the Hayward EC-65 pump. Out of the pump comes what I can only describe as a pipe splitter. Two pipes connect to the splitter. My guess is one pipe is the waste line and the other pipe goes back into the pool with the filtered water. Looks like:
.........___<Pipe>
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........|___<Pipe>
In between these 2 pipes is a lever. It has two settings. Port 1, and Port 2. I was expecting it however to say "Filter" & "Circulation" like most tutorials I read have described. So, if I am correct that the lever is intended to set it to Filter or Circulation, how do I know which is which? If I'm wrong, what should I know about this lever?


If the pipe (before the split) is coming out of one end of the pump it is not doing both waste and return. It sounds like it is a valve to control the return - spa/pool. Don't quote me on it but with a picture of the setup I think everyone could be more detailed.

[NullQwerty]

Ok...Got it. I don't have a drain to waste line....Just a valve with a cap. The pipe that comes out of the ground and just has a cap on it is just either an extra line or it's for something that was changed/fixed/removed. The 2 pipes the come out of the multivalve port from the filter are both return lines.

Thanks for everyone's help!