Why is the pressure high on my DE pool filter?
Why is the pressure high on my DE pool filter?
The most common cause of high pressure in a pool is a dirty filter. Take cartridges as an example, as the material sives dirt from your pool water, the cartridge fabric more and more clogged. The clogging means the water has fewer and smaller perforations in the filter media to squeeze through.
What should pressure be on pool filter?
Generally speaking, a pressure reading between 10 – 25 psi can be considered normal. Once you have installed a new filter, turn everything on and take a baseline reading. Each time that you change your pool filter take a new baseline reading.
What should the pressure be on a de filter?
The pressure on the DE filter is starting out normal and rising to 30 psi within an hour. When the filter is shut off, it goes back to normal then takes an hour to rise again. I know nothing about DE filters but it sounds to me like this is a mechanical issue. Jeff said he cleaned the DE filter.
Where does the de Go in a pool filter?
You should see a thick coat of DE on the grids and a couple of inches of DE in the bottom of the filter. I have opened mine when the water was a little cloudy and seen bright green on the DE.
How much De Does a pool filter take?
How much DE it takes depends on the size of the filter. I have a 36 sq ft filter and it takes 4 lbs of DE as per the label on the filter body. Putting in too much DE will also cause significant pressure rise.
Why does my de filter pressure go up?
It could just be that the filter is really dirty and needs to be throughly cleaned out. You also see something very much like this if you put in too much DE initially. DE alone can raise the filter pressure if there is too much, but it takes it a while to settle down against the grids and really block all of the flow.
The pressure on the DE filter is starting out normal and rising to 30 psi within an hour. When the filter is shut off, it goes back to normal then takes an hour to rise again. I know nothing about DE filters but it sounds to me like this is a mechanical issue. Jeff said he cleaned the DE filter.
You should see a thick coat of DE on the grids and a couple of inches of DE in the bottom of the filter. I have opened mine when the water was a little cloudy and seen bright green on the DE.
How much DE it takes depends on the size of the filter. I have a 36 sq ft filter and it takes 4 lbs of DE as per the label on the filter body. Putting in too much DE will also cause significant pressure rise.
It could just be that the filter is really dirty and needs to be throughly cleaned out. You also see something very much like this if you put in too much DE initially. DE alone can raise the filter pressure if there is too much, but it takes it a while to settle down against the grids and really block all of the flow.