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My cartridge filter may be part of the reason my salt system doesn’t work. It’s a pain in the arse and right now after working on my salt system for weeks it’s now reading low flow. Never had to do shite to my old sand filter. Changing it was a bitch but only happened once.

have you checked the salt generator to make sure its not full of salt and needs to be cleaned with acid?

cartridge filters and filteration in general has nothing to do with the salt generators working.

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Posted by Antib551

Houma, LA

Member since Dec 2018

1116 posts

Posted on 5/26/22 at 12:30 pm to lsu777

What kind of filter do you have? I have Pentair 320 cartridge and it takes about 30 SECONDS with an impact and deep socket.

Stop the pump.
Pop open the drain on the bottom of filter housing.
Back the nut off the band holding the top half to the bottom half.
Remove the band.
Take the top rubber piece off the cartridges.
Remove cartridges.

It's realistically under 2 minutes total.

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Posted by lsu777

Lake Charles

Member since Jan 2004

32581 posts

Posted on 5/26/22 at 12:42 pm to lsu777

im assuming yours is designed like this?

unless your filters are plugged and need to be cleaned and you have extremely low pressure flowing to the generator, then you should not be affect the salt cell generator with the filter, no matter the type.

for those complaining about how much a pain in the arse a cartridge filter is

1) turn pump off
2) using your hands loosen the top gauge slowly to relief pressure
3) take impact with socket and reove the bolt where the spring is
4) pull the top off and set to the side

insides should look something like this

1) remove the black top piece that holds all 4 in place
2) remove one at a time and clean with a spray nozzle on a water hose
3) put back in one at a time, place black top piece back on
4) replace lid once all are in
5) put bolt back in place making sure the top seals correctly
6) place top gauge on, but do not over tighten
7) start pumps and bleed the air through the top gauge
*) once water starts coming through the top gauge, tighten.

you may need to clean the tank, if so pull the drain plug and wash it out after your remove the filters.

cleaning should look like