every 2 years
Check whether the filter cartridge is done
Check before you act. This one is driven by what you measure, not by the date. Check the pleated cartridge while it is out for a clean — replace it if the pleats are flattened, the fibres are shredding, or an end cap is cracked — Jacuzzi rates the filter at about two years
One cartridge, replaced on condition Your J-285 filters through a single pleated cartridge. Jacuzzi rates its life at about two years with monthly cleaning and good water balance — but replace it on how it looks, not the date: flattened pleats, shredding fibres, or a cracked end cap mean it is done.
What it takes
J-285
Replace the Jacuzzi filter cartridge (J-200). every 2 years.
Single pleated cartridge. Jacuzzi states ~2 year life; replaced on condition.
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