How do I backwash?

• Unroll your backwash hose.  

If you have a dial valve, after turning off the pump, you depress the handle and turn the handle clockwise to the backwash setting. (180 degrees from filter)  

If you have a push/pull valve, after turning off the pump you either pull the piston up or push it down, depending on which is the normal filter position on that particular filter. 

• Turn the pump back on and you are backwashing. 
• Run the pump for 3-4 minutes for a sand filter. 
• If you have a DE filter, we recommend backwashing until the water comes out of the hose clear. 
• Turn off the pump for 15 seconds and turn the pump back on with the valve still in the backwash position. 
• Repeat this until no more dirty water comes out upon turning the pump back on, usually 3 or 4 times. 
• With the pump off, return the valve to the filter position and turn the pump back on to verify position.

Submitted by:
Greg Boyer,
AM Corson's AquaValue
Mesa, AZ
www.aquavalue.com/amcorsons