A close up bird s eye view of a hayward multiport valve positions are in orange.
Hayward pool filter settings.
You can now remove both hoses that connect the filter to the pool.
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Move the valve handle at the top of the filter to the winter position.
Ordinary pool conditions for routine vacuuming the filter valve is.
Before turning on the filter make sure the pump basket is filled with water.
A sand filter uses a multi port valve to operate the filter which removes dirt algae and visible contaminants that enter a swimming pool.
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Like many pool owners you are probably pretty familiar with the filter and backwash positions but you may.
You must operate the filter system at least eight to twelve hours per day in order to remove wastes effectively.
If you use a sand filter to maintain your above ground or in ground pool you may have noticed that the handle on the multiport head has either 6 or 7 positions that the filter can be set to.
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.
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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.
Hayward offers the very latest in pool filter technology ensuring your pool water is clear and clean.
The lever should be on the filter setting most of the time.
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After the water is pressurized by the pump one of two settings on the multiport filter valve determines the direction of flow.
The hayward pool filter pump has to self prime and it cannot prime without water.
So what do all those settings mean.
If flow is poor on those settings and also filter and backwash the problem is not the filter but something before or after.
Never operate a hayward filter without adequate water in the pump basket.