Hayward Pool Filter Settings
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Hayward pool filter settings. Hayward offers the very latest in pool filter technology ensuring your pool water is clear and clean. Contact hayward support. The hayward pool filter pump has to self prime and it cannot prime without water. After the water is pressurized by the pump one of two settings on the multiport filter valve determines the direction of flow.
Our filters simple operation and low maintenance requirements set the standard for hydraulic efficiency performance value and dependability. Add water to the pump basket. This is the setting that provides normal pool filtration by pushing the water through the filter media sand glass beads or d e that then traps any dirt and debris before the water is returned to the pool. We are here to help with all of your hayward pool products.
Hayward pool products. A close up bird s eye view of a hayward multiport valve positions are in orange. So what do all those settings mean. Never operate a hayward filter without adequate water in the pump basket.
You must operate the filter system at least eight to twelve hours per day in order to remove wastes effectively. Move the valve handle at the top of the filter to the winter position. If flow is poor on those settings and also filter and backwash the problem is not the filter but something before or after. Pool white goods.
To winterize your sand filter remove the drain cap at the bottom of the filter tank to let the entire filter drain and leave the drain cap off until spring. You can now remove both hoses that connect the filter to the pool. A sand filter uses a multi port valve to operate the filter which removes dirt algae and visible contaminants that enter a swimming pool. Before turning on the filter make sure the pump basket is filled with water.
Set the multiport on recirculate to bypass the pool filter or waste also a bypass setting and see how the flow is if the flow suction pressure is good on these settings the problem is inside the filter tank.