variable speed pump

Hello, I upgraded from a single Hayward Super Pump 1.5 HP to a Hayward Tristar VS 900 1.85 HP and I could be happier with it's performance. I have mostly 2" plumbing and set the max speed to about 3270 rpm, which would give me 65 GPM. Today, I tried to perform a Quick Clean, and noticed...

Hi, Pool Size = 15,000 gallons, salt water, Spa with spillover to pool Current setup = Jandy Truclear Pro Series Salt System, Jandy Cartridge Filter, 2 Jandy Single Speed Pumps (1.25HP for Pool, 2.25HP for Spa), Aqualink System I'm replacing my old gas heater for an Electric Heat Pump. While...

So apparently the displayed speed on the pump we have (Pentair Superflow VST) is in RPMs how do I convert that to GPM so that I know how often my pool is being turned over? The pool company installed it and set up the VSP scheduled timing. I don't like to just trust others with my pool, I want...

Hello - I've got a Hayward Superpump II that's controlled by a Hayward AquaLogic panel, and I'm replacing it with a Pentair Superflo VSP. The panel handles turning off the pump when the valves are turning when switching between spa and pool modes. That's simple enough with a single speed pump...

I have a Pentair VSF pump. When we first opened the pool, I wrote down the flow rate at various speeds. We have a manual heater bypass valve to isolate flow away from the heater when not in use. Other than a dirty cartridge filter (which I've already cleaned in hopes of resolving this - no...

The pump recently started to not push water to the upper waterfall on low speed (1,725 rpm). It has for years not had a problem. The waterfall is about 3ft higher than the pump. I can see that it is pushing water through the pool outlets, just not enough to reach the upper waterfall...

We are at the end of the pool building process, the pool is fully functioning except for the auto-filler and heater (can’t use until plaster cures.) We have 3 water shears that look great at the highest speed of the variable pump, but when it cycles to the lower speeds one of the sheers loses...

Hello! I'm a new pool owner of a previously built in ground pool, ~17000 gallons. For the first 2 months we lived in the home, I hired a pool company to help take care of the chemicals and equipment so we could settle in. They cleaned our Hayward DE filter at the end of May/early June. They have...

Hey Everyone - new pool user here. Pool was finished a little over a month ago and we are working to get the water balanced. Once we reach balance any tips / tricks on the best way to program the variable speed pump to be the most efficient? 10,140 Gallon Fiberglass Pool, Automatic pool cover...

I have a Jandy variable speed pump and run it at 3000 rpm from 930-6 daily in the spring-fall. How low can I go in the winter? I think last year, which was my first winter I did 2700rpm for about 6 hrs a day, but I have read some things where people go down under 2000 rpm...

I have a pool with a Paramount Vanquish in-floor cleaning system. I'd like to upgrade the pump to something more energy efficient, but I'm not sure if it'll be compatible with the Vanquish which requires a minimum flow rate to operate. Does anyone have any experience doing this? My current pump...

Hello Everyone, Thanks for your help in 2020 getting my pool going. This year I want to add a propane heater, Variable speed pump and CircuPool RJ60-SWG to my setup. I thinking about going to Leslies for the pool equipment and install because it seems so many people are not dependable in this...

Hi all, I’m looking to replace a single speed pump that died at the end last season with either a dual speed or variable speed pump.I live in the northeast, so the pool is open for about 4 months a year and it’s not very large (9k gallons) or a very complicated setup. My pool guy recommends a...

Hello All, Hope you can help with this one. Trying to help my neighbor setup his iAqualink 2.0 with his Jandy VS Pump and heat pump. I'm having a hard time in the Aqualink programming trying to figure out the following: Pool pump will from from 8am-5pm everyday I want the pump to filter from...

I just replaced my old single speed pump with a Hayward TriStar 1.85HP VS pump. I have 1.5" plumbing. How can I calculate the flow rate GPM at XX RPM with this pump and this plumbing size? My goal is to use this information to schedule my different speeds and intervals to move the 13k...

I just got a brand new Pentair VS SuperFlo pump. I'd like to have my pump running 24/7 at the lowest speed required to turnover the pool. This is what I'm observing: I set my valves to be in pool mode only (no spa), I programmed the SuperFlo to run at a single low RPM all day long, I'm not...

Hi Everyone, I'm new to TFP and to pool ownership. We purchased a home with an 30k gallon IG gunite pool 2 years ago (this is our third summer). Here is a quick run down of the first issue I want to tackle with this pool: Year 1 We swapped out the old pump for a VS-SVRS pump and had no issues...

Hello everyone! In the past year my wife and I purchased a home with a pool that I believe was built late 80s/early 90s. It has been a bit of a crash course learning how to care for the pool. Now I have multiple questions for the community to see if I can get some advice on what I should...

Pool noob in search of the invisible water (something I read and got a kick out of). Bought a home and both pool pump motors need replacing (corroded, locked up). I have two seperate circuits. One for the in-floor cleaning system (Paramount PV3) and heater (Sta-rite Max E-therm). The other for...

Hi guys New to the forum and to pool ownership - thanks in advance for your help. I have a Hayward Tristar VS pump and have just purchased a Pentair Rebel 2 suction cleaner. I also have the Poolrite style vacuum plate with the valve to control the skimmer. I’ve followed the instructions to...

Hey guys. I'm still very new around here, but wanted to reach out for some opinions. Basically my pool is still in construction. the equipment was set down a few weeks ago by the plumbers. I took a look at it and it seems like they put my pump in a very inconvenient orientation? So it...

My Hayward Ecostar just got a "pump stalled" error. After reading about this on the internet I consider myself lucky that I got 5.5 years out of it with absolutely no problems. It might be because I have a PS3000 Intermatic surge protector installed, and because I rarely ran the pump at speeds...

Hello! I would like to upgrade to a variable speed pool pump. Here are my design priorities: Quiet operation Reliability (proven brand / model) Ease of fitting into existing plumbing Energy efficiency Ergonomics / ease of accessing controls (since VS motors have the timers built-in) I have...

I turned off my pump the other day to clean my filters, and when trying to turn it back on, it would not react to most buttons I pushed giving me a KEY ERROR, key not in use. Sometimes it would prompt for the password but when hitting the Enter middle key I would again get the key error...

I had a new Rheem heat pump installed about 2 months ago. Before that, I replaced my single-speed pump with a variable-speed, which I mostly left with the default settings (couple hours high speed, 10 hours low speed, couple more or so at mid-speed). After installing the heat pump, I adjusted...

We just installed a Pentair Intelliflo VSF pump at our new home, and would like some advice on how to set up rpm and run time at each rpm to maximize energy efficiency. Pool is about 15,000 gal In-floor cleaning system with it's own pump Waterfall, spa, each with their own pumps as well, DE...