Filter Cleaning

[apradman]

What is the recommended procedure for cleaning a pleated filter?

[Dnepr Dave]

I just hose it off with the garden hose, strongest setting, squirt it fron one end to the other being sure to squirt the water between the pleats, turn it over and do it again sweeping the hose the other way between the pleats. That cleans it up pretty well. I always wash the filter over a five gallon bucket, so I can see what I've washed out.

A couple times a year, I soak the filter in filter cleaning solution, the stuff I get at the local spa store has muriatic acid in it. It gets any hardened calcium out of the filter. I have two filters and I rotate them every couple of months.

Dave

[quantumchromodynamics]

http://www.pleatco.com/index-2B.html

What is the procedure to clean my filter cartridge?

1) Remove the cartridge from the filter housing following the manufacturer’s instructions

2) Use a garden hose with a straight flow nozzle to wash down the filter element. Work from the top down, holding the nozzle at a 45 degree angle, and wash all the pleats with emphasis between the pleats.

3) Rinse until all dirt and debris is gone

4) For all spa cartridges and elements used in swimming pools where perspiration, suntan lotions, and other oils are present, soak the element for at least one hour (overnight is most effective) in:

A. a commercial filter cleaner, or,

B. one cup tri sodium phosphate (TSP) to five gallons of water

C. one cup dishwasher detergent to five gallons of water.

5) Rinse the cartridge again to remove oils and cleaning solution.

6) If the filter has a coating of algae, calcium carbonate (residue from calcium hypochlorite), iron, or other minerals, soak the cartridge in a solution of one part muriatic acid to twenty parts water until all bubbling stops.

7) Rinse the filter cartridge clean and reassemble housing.

[apradman]

http://www.pleatco.com/index-2B.html

What is the procedure to clean my filter cartridge?

1) Remove the cartridge from the filter housing following the manufacturer’s instructions

2) Use a garden hose with a straight flow nozzle to wash down the filter element. Work from the top down, holding the nozzle at a 45 degree angle, and wash all the pleats with emphasis between the pleats.

3) Rinse until all dirt and debris is gone

4) For all spa cartridges and elements used in swimming pools where perspiration, suntan lotions, and other oils are present, soak the element for at least one hour (overnight is most effective) in:

A. a commercial filter cleaner, or,

B. one cup tri sodium phosphate (TSP) to five gallons of water

C. one cup dishwasher detergent to five gallons of water.

5) Rinse the cartridge again to remove oils and cleaning solution.

6) If the filter has a coating of algae, calcium carbonate (residue from calcium hypochlorite), iron, or other minerals, soak the cartridge in a solution of one part muriatic acid to twenty parts water until all bubbling stops.

7) Rinse the filter cartridge clean and reassemble housing.

Thanks