Protecting/Covering a Pump/Filter during use

[prh129]

I can't imagine a pool pump being bothered by rain or splash - it seems that pump company wouldn't be in the pool business for very long if that were true. I wonder if that company makes other motors and they just lifted that text from another pump's documentation? I have my pump and filter sitting on a concrete pad exposed to the elements. I would think that more AG pools than not have their pump and filter just sitting next to the pool uncovered.

What type of piping to you have to the pool? If you are using flex hose (as I am) it's probably just as easy to disconnect the hoses, drain the filter and store it in the basement (or storage shed) rather than winterize. (I have a cartridge filter though so I don't know how much sand you will have in there and how heavy that would be to move.)

Peter

[NWMNMom]

Flex hose - 150# of sand in 22" filter. Heavy stuff but could be moved. Its also sitting on a 4'x4' concrete block pad. Maybe that's what happened with the motor text? It's a Pentair system but the motor is a Dynamo?