How to drain pool quickly?

[matkot]

Hi Judy,

If you just shut off the pump, turn the handle counterclockwise to waste and turn on your pump, it shouldn't take you long to drop the level. I have a DE filter and normal pressure is ~22 psi. I usually backwash it only when it raises to 28-30 psi. Otherwise you're adding DE when your really don't have to (& in my case, it's 6 lbs for every backwash).

Tom

[jnorris]

Hi Judy,

If you just shut off the pump, turn the handle counterclockwise to waste and turn on your pump, it shouldn't take you long to drop the level. I have a DE filter and normal pressure is ~22 psi. I usually backwash it only when it raises to 28-30 psi. Otherwise you're adding DE when your really don't have to (& in my case, it's 6 lbs for every backwash).

Tom

Mine is a sand filter, so I don't have the problem of adding DE. I ended up having to drain the pool 3 times since yesterday. We got 6 inches of rain from T.S. Alberto, and the water was already a little high. Whenever it got above the skimmers, I ran the pump to waste and drained out a couple of inches.

Of course, we will probably have a drought now, and I'll be paying money to add that water back in!

[Sherra]

I had to drain a few inches off mine this morning due to Alberto. I just put mine on "waste" and let it run for about 20 minutes.