Re: Cloudy Water
Took the top off of the multi port valve to get a look at what is actually in there and how it works. Not much to it. With me just changing the sand and inspecting every part of the lateral assembly and middle upright pipe, not to many options for the problem.
The only thing I saw was the spider gasket on one of the sides for filter there was a little off look to the gasket compared to the rest. Not damaged or torn but a little dent and slight mangled look. That could be the whole problem.
The pool store by me has 25# bags of DE so the wife is headed that way Monday so she will pick up a bag and I told her to get a spider gasket. Hopefully they have them. It's easier to just replace it and not worry if that is the problem. I really don't see what else it could be, there isn't anything left to the filter, pretty basic stuff.
Now when the pump is running, and I'm not sure if this was something I heard when we first got the pool, but the top of the multi port valve sounds like popcorn popping when everything is running. Like little ball bearings popping around in there. Could this be water squeezing through the gasket and making a popping noise as it goes right back to the return line hose on top. Would explain why it never gets clean, it never reaches the sand. Comes up from the pump, enters the multi port and instead of raining down on the sand to filter, a lot of it passes through the gasket and right back to the pool.
Anyway, Monday I will follow the instructions for the DE, have to read again but like a cup right in the skimmer. If it comes out the return, I'm changing the gasket. If not I will see if the PSI went up 1 and see what happens overnight.
22'x44' Mountain Lake 24K gal IG pool; SWCG; Ultimate Granular Filtration Millennium sand filter; Waterway 56-Frame Champion with Century Centurion 1.5hp motor pump; 12hrs; Just bought the 6-way from walmart and have the 2006c coming; utility water ; summer: ; winter: ; ; PF:5
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