Hi all!
When I was winterizing the pool at the end af last summer, I removed the multi-port head from my (aging) Heward sand filter, model S180T, I noticed that the top end of the center pipe was brittle and cracked. This year, I I replaced the end of my center pipe with a coupling and six inches of PVC, but I am not sure that I got the height exactly right, and now the water pressure in the return is way down. I made sure that the new end to the center pipe goes into the multi-port head but I suspect that since the height is not exact some of the flow is going back down into the sand and not directly into the return as it should. Does that make sense?
Any suggestions as to figuring the exact height it should be?
(I previously posted this question as a reply in a different forum, but I figured I had a better chance of getting a reply here)
When I was winterizing the pool at the end af last summer, I removed the multi-port head from my (aging) Heward sand filter, model S180T, I noticed that the top end of the center pipe was brittle and cracked. This year, I I replaced the end of my center pipe with a coupling and six inches of PVC, but I am not sure that I got the height exactly right, and now the water pressure in the return is way down. I made sure that the new end to the center pipe goes into the multi-port head but I suspect that since the height is not exact some of the flow is going back down into the sand and not directly into the return as it should. Does that make sense?
Any suggestions as to figuring the exact height it should be?
(I previously posted this question as a reply in a different forum, but I figured I had a better chance of getting a reply here)
