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    Default cloudy stuff blowing in pool

    Can anyone tell me what this might be?
    I noticed the other day when my pump comes (from the timer), a puff of brown comes from the return port.
    Any ideas and is this normal?
    Thanks
    Kerrie

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    Default Re: cloudy stuff blowing in pool

    Do you have a sand filter? If you have a broken lateral in a sand filter, it is probably sand blowing back into the pool. Have you backwashed or cleaned your filter media lately? If it's sand and recently backwashed, did you switch to "rinse" before going back to filter?

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    Default Re: cloudy stuff blowing in pool

    OR... if DE, it could be a tear in a grid.
    14'x31' kidney 21K gal IG plaster pool; SWCG (Saline Generating System's SGS Breeze); Pentair FNS Plus 48 DE DE filter; Whisperflow 1 HP pump; 8 hours hrs; kit purchased from Ben; utility water; summer: none; winter: none; PF:5.7

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    Default Re: cloudy stuff blowing in pool

    Thanks for your help,
    I've been kind of suspecting a broken line from what I've read here. I have bubbles in the return line, what I've not determined is algae or sand, different things like that. I have backwashed, and I thought that I rinsed, but I'm not 100% sure.
    Is there a place on the forum that might tell me how to fix that?
    Thanks so much,
    Kerrie
    Last edited by minermom; 07-26-2008 at 08:53 AM. Reason: added to my reply

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