Hey all,
First off, I want to thank you guys for a lot of unacknowledged help. I purchased a house with a pool and a nice system, about 6 months ago, and have been "lurking" on here with out an account and gaining a huge amount of tips. Thanks for that!
I was unable to find a more specific solution so here's my issue:
I have a Triton II TR60 filter. I don't know any of the past maintenance history (didn't know enough to ask when I bought the house, still trying to find out from the previous owner). Normally, when running it maintains 14 PSI. I got in the habit of backwashing every couple weeks when it was at about 25 PSI. I now know that was waaay too late to backwash the filter (forgive my ignorance!). I now religiously abide the 25% rule, and backwash in the 17-20 range. This has worked for months. Here's where the issue begins:
I backwashed in the morning, no issues. When I got home from work about 12 hours later the PSI was at 30-32 PSI. I had never observed it skyrocket that quickly, or ever seen the pressure that high. The booster pump also developed a small leak within a day or two of the same event (can't remember more specifically). Ever since this day this is what I observe:
Pressure directly after backwashing hits 14 psi. Within a couple hours it will be at 16-17 PSI. It will stay there for about a day until it hits 18-20 and gets a backwash. I also notice that I must backwash muuuuch more water (over a minute) to get clear returns through the jets. During the summer this is a nuisance as I have a well pump with an automatic flip flop valve to keep the pool adequately filled (although it does raise my alkalinity). During the winter its a real pain as I must find a couple of non-freezing hours to hook a hose up to my pool to refill the water level. From reading other posts I can surmise two possible actions: 1. Replace the sand in the filter? 2. Chemical cleaning? When I look in the filter user manual for the cleaning it says "approved cleaner". What is that? Any tips? Any other possible courses of action? Thanks!
-Dave
P.S. I believe my signature is updated with my pool info, but this is untested. I'll reattach if not
First off, I want to thank you guys for a lot of unacknowledged help. I purchased a house with a pool and a nice system, about 6 months ago, and have been "lurking" on here with out an account and gaining a huge amount of tips. Thanks for that!
I was unable to find a more specific solution so here's my issue:
I have a Triton II TR60 filter. I don't know any of the past maintenance history (didn't know enough to ask when I bought the house, still trying to find out from the previous owner). Normally, when running it maintains 14 PSI. I got in the habit of backwashing every couple weeks when it was at about 25 PSI. I now know that was waaay too late to backwash the filter (forgive my ignorance!). I now religiously abide the 25% rule, and backwash in the 17-20 range. This has worked for months. Here's where the issue begins:
I backwashed in the morning, no issues. When I got home from work about 12 hours later the PSI was at 30-32 PSI. I had never observed it skyrocket that quickly, or ever seen the pressure that high. The booster pump also developed a small leak within a day or two of the same event (can't remember more specifically). Ever since this day this is what I observe:
Pressure directly after backwashing hits 14 psi. Within a couple hours it will be at 16-17 PSI. It will stay there for about a day until it hits 18-20 and gets a backwash. I also notice that I must backwash muuuuch more water (over a minute) to get clear returns through the jets. During the summer this is a nuisance as I have a well pump with an automatic flip flop valve to keep the pool adequately filled (although it does raise my alkalinity). During the winter its a real pain as I must find a couple of non-freezing hours to hook a hose up to my pool to refill the water level. From reading other posts I can surmise two possible actions: 1. Replace the sand in the filter? 2. Chemical cleaning? When I look in the filter user manual for the cleaning it says "approved cleaner". What is that? Any tips? Any other possible courses of action? Thanks!
-Dave
P.S. I believe my signature is updated with my pool info, but this is untested. I'll reattach if not
