How to Vacuum to Waste on a Pool Sand Filter 🚽

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[mototheglow]

Is waste the same one as the drain sign ( two arrows pointing down) on a bestway sand filter?

[emmalou]

How do I do this with an above ground pool, sand filter pump, but not a built in skimmer, only a skimmer hooked up through the port B hose?

[dvgtransportation]

I dont have that thing where you can change setting to waste

[QURKONE]

Vacuum to waste? That is crazy. I have a 16, 000-gallon pool with a 3 HP pump pulling 85 GPM. My pool will be a third empty in the time it takes me to vacuum the entire thing.

[suzuki-gsxr]

Every time i do this the only disadvantage is that my pool looses lots of 🌊 water

[kenblaese]

Wouldn’t want to pull 1000 gallons every week from my well. If properly maintained your pool should rarely build up enough algae that would clog up my filter. I always backwash my filter when done. I’ve had my pool for 20 years and never have had algae in my pool. I use Baquacil instead of chlorine.

[tkkak]

You forgot plug the other skimmer and the value settings

[BethDellinger]

I did that but it was still shooting back into my pool. What did I do wrong?😮

[Marie-kqku]

There’s so many pipes how to know which one is my waste it’s a old pool nothing is labeled

[HRTsAFyre]

I want tk get something similar to the pool daddy which has the capabity to filter aglae as well as fine sedimentt and can vacuum to waste or back into the pool. So far I haven't found a homeowners Version of this mightly vacuum. Its very costly and more for commercial use. Not often, but when we have these Santa Ana wind events the fine silt stays in the pool unless its vacuumed out. Its a huge ordeal for me. My robot cant do it all. Whst i have to do is back wash, open the filter, remove the DE Grids and run the filter on backwash to vacuum to waste. Its the only way to get that very fine silt out or it will clog my filter gtids. The fires and wand absolutely destroyed my pool.

[PaulGrobler-ro]

Do you keep the small basket in the suction hole..?

[aprilwaller]

We have to vacuum going out of the pool. Above ground

[Lijasjr]

Now tell them how many gallons are wasted per minute

[theblacksamurai]

Just use a skimmer basket lid or whatever the name is and just vacuum the debris will get stuck in the basket

[kramchancel]

If you have a pool like this, chances are you already know what you are doing

[christopherrollins]

Then spend couple hundred dollars putting water back into pool smh. Not great advice. Just back wash after vacuuming

[ravenglass]

Dolphin robot ! no wasting water and cleans far better, and while it cleans your doing other things

[elliotkonner]

not always the correct need to refill pool.

[MrMustachieo]

You also pay for this, since you now have to bring the water back up to the correct level.. and even worse if your not quick about it.

[ehsanghasemian]

Why wast so much water? Just use a pool sock.