Most new pool owners have no idea what “backwashing” is and will have no idea what a backwash hose is either, so this mini plumbing lesson will show you and explain to you where and what the backwash hose is.

The backwash hose connects to the backwash valve on the swimming pool filter and then will get rolled out every time you need to backwash your pool filter.

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Your Swimming pool filter will have something on it called a “pressure gauge”. These gauges can be found in different places depending on the brand and the model of the pool filter.

The pressure gauge is there for many reasons and the most important reason being that it shows the internal pressure of the filter tank.

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