Look for a cleaning wand that attaches to your garden hose and comes equipped with soft comb like teeth.
Ceramic spa filters.
The unique design enables it to filter twice the water per minute than a common filter.
You don t have to clean it as often either.
Turn off spa open filter canister and remove cartridge.
A ceramic filter also has a pleated covering that extends from end to end but the covering is rigid.
These pores a half micron in size trap impurities as the water passes through them.
Spray carefully with a high pressure hose nozzle to remove debris from each pleat.
This is the rigid inner part of the filter that gives it its structure.
Old filters also put strain on your spa s pump and other equipment which can waste energy dollars and reduce water circulation.
Use a filter cleaning wand to rinse out your spa filter.
Hold the nozzle at a 45 degree angle and use the comb to gently open and rinse debris from the pleats of the spa filter.
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They have a life expectancy of up to 5 years with proper maintenance.
Spa filter cartridges are surprisingly simple to manufacture all you need is a machine to make neat pleats in the fabric and roll it into a tube and a second machine to shape and stamp the end caps.
This has given rise to a large number of imported spa filters being dumped on us shores in packed shipping containers.
You can wash this type of filter in the dishwasher.
A soiled clogged or worn out spa filter will fail in its job of trapping contaminants.
This ceramic fiber cartridge filter was introduced in the 2004 hot spring high performance spa models.
Here s a step by step guide for cleaning spa and hot tub filter cartridges.
Tri x filters are gaining in popularity due to their unique ceramic design which allows it to filter twice as efficiently as a standard paper filter.
Soak the cartridge for 8 hours in tsp solution 1 cup tsp per 5 gallons hot water.