This is what I've got. Does having the gravel mixed in with it make it useless if I don't sift out the gravel first?
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Re: Checking laterals in old Pac-Fab Triton TR60 filter? Sand blowing back into the p
This is what I've got. Does having the gravel mixed in with it make it useless if I don't sift out the gravel first?
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26,000 gal IG vinyl liner pool (20'x40'), Waterway SMF-110 wet end w/ Century SQS-1072R motor, Pac-Fab Triton TR60 sand filter, K-2006A. Manually added chems: 12.5% NaClO liquid, granular CYA, baking soda, 31% muriatic acid.
Re: Checking laterals in old Pac-Fab Triton TR60 filter? Sand blowing back into the p
Bought 250 lbs of new sand a little while ago. Will put in 50 lbs of pea gravel, then the new sand plus what's in the old bag to get me to the 325 lbs it calls for.
26,000 gal IG vinyl liner pool (20'x40'), Waterway SMF-110 wet end w/ Century SQS-1072R motor, Pac-Fab Triton TR60 sand filter, K-2006A. Manually added chems: 12.5% NaClO liquid, granular CYA, baking soda, 31% muriatic acid.
Re: Checking laterals in old Pac-Fab Triton TR60 filter? Sand blowing back into the p
That's fun. This wasn't supposed to be so difficult... LOL
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26,000 gal IG vinyl liner pool (20'x40'), Waterway SMF-110 wet end w/ Century SQS-1072R motor, Pac-Fab Triton TR60 sand filter, K-2006A. Manually added chems: 12.5% NaClO liquid, granular CYA, baking soda, 31% muriatic acid.
Re: Checking laterals in old Pac-Fab Triton TR60 filter? Sand blowing back into the p
Is that another crack?
26K gal 20x40 rectangular IG vinyl pool; Apr 2014: New pump, liner, auto-cover, & water; Pentair Whisperflo 1HP pump; Pentair Trition sand filter; Cover/Star CS-500 auto cover; Taylor K-2006C; OTO
Re: Checking laterals in old Pac-Fab Triton TR60 filter? Sand blowing back into the p
That's a BIG crack.
26,000 gal IG vinyl liner pool (20'x40'), Waterway SMF-110 wet end w/ Century SQS-1072R motor, Pac-Fab Triton TR60 sand filter, K-2006A. Manually added chems: 12.5% NaClO liquid, granular CYA, baking soda, 31% muriatic acid.
Re: Checking laterals in old Pac-Fab Triton TR60 filter? Sand blowing back into the p
I know nothing about equipment... Is that the original broken bit or a new one you found?
26K gal 20x40 rectangular IG vinyl pool; Apr 2014: New pump, liner, auto-cover, & water; Pentair Whisperflo 1HP pump; Pentair Trition sand filter; Cover/Star CS-500 auto cover; Taylor K-2006C; OTO
Re: Checking laterals in old Pac-Fab Triton TR60 filter? Sand blowing back into the p
That's the original broken hub. It's pretty well cracked, which isn't surprising since this is a 25 year old filter. Most of the plastic inside is pretty brittle and worn.
Here's the old hub, now broken in half, attached to the piping assembly. It turns out that the piping assembly spins off, which makes taking it apart a helluva lot easier.
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The black piece is the new hub. I'm going to hack off the old hub (it's glued on) and put a male thread adapter on it so I can screw on the new hub.
Here's a groove in the lateral threads. Sand must have been coming through this groove.
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The two piping assemblies thread onto these male threads. It took a while to figure that out.
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26,000 gal IG vinyl liner pool (20'x40'), Waterway SMF-110 wet end w/ Century SQS-1072R motor, Pac-Fab Triton TR60 sand filter, K-2006A. Manually added chems: 12.5% NaClO liquid, granular CYA, baking soda, 31% muriatic acid.
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