Suggestions on Pump to Filter Connection

[nicole12]

I already ordered the part online, hopefully the right one. Once that comes in I'll have 2 male ends.

So from what I'm reading I can buy 2 female adapters ( 1 1/2") and some filter hose and make my own hose. Is it ok to use hose clamps on such a high pressure hose?

And if the part isn't the right one, I'll cut the old hose near the pump and put a male connector into that end. With the barbed connector you still need a hose clamp correct?

Interesting that I was at the local pool store and he couldn't come up with one single idea for me to make a new hose. At first he sold me a male connector and said ALL pumps have internal threads. I told him I was 75% sure it didn't and I get home and of course didn't have the interal threads. Drove the 1/2 hour back to the pool store and that's when he was at a loss.

He did have one idea and that was to cut out a big piece out of the hose to fit better and then to glue a PVC piece into the middle to connect them. From what I'm hearing I could cut the piece and use a barbed connector and then I wouldn't have to worry about using glue. Can I find these connectors at Home Depot or do I have to go back to that pool store?

[sevver]

You should be able to find the connectors at home depot, but they are funny with some things they carry. The pool store would probably have them, or else I have found Ace Hardware better sometimes for some of the odder fittings. I would think that a 45 degree or 22 degree bend up by the filter would make the transition a little better too.

[cinbia12]

Hi Nicole the connection on your pump looks like the one that came with our Proline Sand filter. The end going to the pump wouldn't fit on our Hayward motor so we went back to Namco and they used a clear plastic hose that my DH tightened with clamps. We used it this way without a problem for several years.