How Many Pounds Of Sand Does A Pool Filter Hold

One of the many benefits of owning a sand filter is that you only have to change the sand every five years or so. Not to mention, replacing the sand in your pool filter is pretty straight-frontward. Notwithstanding, before kickoff this journeying, don't forget to ask yourself the earth-shaking question, "How much sand does my pond pool filter need?" From our experience, this is 1 of the most overlooked steps in the procedure.

How Do I Make up one's mind How Much Sand My Pond Pool Filter Need?

Replacing the sand in your swimming puddle filter should be an easy task. Notwithstanding, the footstep where most pool owners go incorrect is determining how much sand has to go back into the filter tank. It is extremely important to use the right corporeality of sand. As well trivial or too much sand can and will negatively bear on the filter functioning and potentially compromise your pool's health.

There are a few ways you tin can determine how much sand your filter requires.

Owner'south Manual

Kickoff, if you are 1 of the few pool owners who keep all of their manuals in i identify and know exactly where to find them, lucky you. If not, you can use the brand and model listed on the tank to search for the manual online. A quick, simple Google search has never hurt anyone, correct?

The possessor's transmission for your filter will contain all the data you need to supersede your sand. Below is a screenshot of the manual for the Pentair Sand Dollar and Cristal-Flo II Sand Filters.

In the instance, you can see that the 26″ tank requires 350 lbs of sand. The larger the filter, the more than sand it requires.

I Tin't Locate My Puddle Filter Manual

So, what happens if you can't locate your manual? Don't worry, information technology's not uncommon!

If for whatever reason you can't locate your physical transmission and the Internet gods aren't beingness friendly, proceed us in mind. INYO understands how difficult information technology is locating information on an older or discontinued filter. As a outcome, we wanted to create a single, more than succinct list of sand requirements for the virtually popular sand filters.

Using the charts below, you tin can notice out how much sand you lot demand for your specific make and model sand filter.

American Products/ Pentair

MAKE	MODEL	LBS OF SAND NEEDED
American Products	Eclipse 18	150 lbs.
	Eclipse xx	200 lbs.
	Eclipse 22	200 lbs
	Eclipse 26	225 lbs
	Eclipse 30	350 lbs
	Sandpiper eighteen	150 lbs
	Sandpiper 24	200 lbs
	Meteor 18	150 lbs
	Meteor twenty	200 lbs
	Falling star 22	200 lbs
	Meteor 26	225 lbs
	Falling star 30	350 lbs

Hayward

MAKE	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Hayward	S140/ S144	50 lbs.
	S160	150 lbs.
	S165/ S166/ S170	100 lbs.
	S180	150 lbs.
	S190	175 lbs.
	S200 Series	200 lbs.
	Pro Series S210	200 lbs.
	Pro Series S220/ S230	250 lbs.
	Pro Series S240/ S244	300 lbs.
	Pro Series S270	350 lbs.
	Pro Series S310	500 lbs.
	Pro Serial Plus S311	500 lbs.
	Pro Series Plus S360	700 lbs.
	GM140	40 lbs.
	GM142/ GM152	50 lbs.
	GM195	175 lbs.
	GM225	200 lbs.
	GM245	300 lbs.

Jacuzzi

Brand	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Jacuzzi	Laser L160	140 lbs.
	Laser L190	200 lbs.
	Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation L225	250 lbs.
	Laser L250	350 lbs.
	Sand Storm TM26	300 lbs.
	Sand Tempest TM31	500 lbs.
	Sand Storm TM36	800 lbs.
	Sand Trap ST24	350 lbs.
	Sand Trap ST27	600 lbs.
	Sand Trap ST33	850 lbs.

Pentair/ Pac Fab

Make	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Pentair/ Pac Fab	Sand Dollar SD35	100 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD40	150 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD60	200 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD70	300 lbs.
	Sand Dollar SD80	350 lbs.
	Tagelus TA35	100 lbs.
	Tagelus TA40	175 lbs.
	Tagelus TA50	225 lbs.
	Tagelus TA60	325 lbs.
	Tagelus TA100	600 lbs.
	Triton Two TR40	125 lbs.
	Triton II TR50	175 lbs.
	Triton 2 TR60	250 lbs.
	Triton II TR100	450 lbs.
	Triton II TR140	650 lbs.

Pentair/ StaRite

Make	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Pentair/ Sta-Rite	Crystal-Flo T170BP	150 lbs.
	Crystal-Flo T200BP	200 lbs.
	Crystal-Flo T240BP	240 lbs.
	Crystal-Flo T300BP	300 lbs.
	HRPB20	200 lbs.
	HRPB30	400 lbs.
	Organisation iii S7S50	200 lbs.
	Arrangement 3 S8S70	300 lbs.

Waterway

Make	MODEL	LBS. OF SAND NEEDED
Waterway	Carefree FS016	100 lbs.
	Carefree FS019	150 lbs.
	Carefree FS022	250 lbs.
	Carefree FS026	400 lbs.
	Clearwater FS16	fifty lbs.
	Clearwater FS19	100 lbs.
	Clearwater FS22	150 lbs.
	Clearwater FS26	200 lbs.

How To Add together/Replace Sand to Your Sand Filter

The 'how much sand does my filter demand?' question is always followed upward with, a "How do I supplant the sand?" question. To aid with the "how", we recommend checking out our how-to video below on replacing the sand in a sand filter.

I Don't Know Which Filter I Have

How can you determine how much sand you demand if you tin't identify the make and model of your filter? Bluntly, it'southward a fiddling difficult. However, information technology isn't incommunicable. If possible, the very outset thing you desire to await for is an identifying office number.

Typically, you tin can find a office number on whatever office of the filter. Still, in many cases, you lot may need to open the filter and examine the internal parts. If in the cease you lot nonetheless can't identify your filter, we tin can endeavour and help. Send us a few pictures of your sand filter to UPLOAD@INYOPOOLS.COM and 1 of our technicians tin can take a look for you.