I'm going to install a new 2 speed pentair pump (wfds-4) and it included the Hi/Lo toggle switch on the motor. My question, when swtich the pump speed, do i need to turn off the power first? or i can change the speed when the pump is running?
I didn't receive the pump yet. From the website it said the switch toggle for high and low speed. I want to know when we change the speed, do we stop the pump first? I can stop the pump from the timer.
From low to high I don't turn mine off and it goes smoothly. From high to low I pause a beat in the off position to let the flow slow, then I switch to low. The hoses seem to hammer a bit if I don't do that. Not sure if it is an actual problem but it's no effort for me to pause a beat so I do.
Mine only has high and low. I have been shutting off to switch to low. Now that I don't have to shut everything down, I will probably switch to low more often.
Runs 12 hours a day. All except about 3 minutes a day, when I check the pressure gauge to see if I need to clean the filter. It goes from low, to hi, back to low. No issues.
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