Did I mess up and order the wrong part?

[cowboycasey]

I am trying to use 2 inch pipe for everything.. I bought the 1.5 to 2 inch jandy valves and they are perfect with 2 inch pipe.. BUT

I ordered these unions with 2 inch connections and they are the same size as 2 inch pipe..

https://www.mypoolyard.com/product_info.php/cmp-mip-pvc-temp-union-21063-160-000-p-4816

I thought they would be the same as the jandy valves and connect to 2 inch pipe.. Do I need some kind of slip to connect them? I was trying to avoid doing this... I have 8 of these unions ( 1 skimmer, 3 returns, 2 for the pump and 2 coming off the filter.... The 2 for the pump and 2 for the filter are differant types of unions...

 

[JasonLion]

Those are fairly unusual unions, with one end that is equivalent to 2" pipe and another end that has 1.5" male threads. That is a quite specialized part, not suitable for general use. The 2" pipe end can be connected to with any standard slip fitting, treat it as if it was the end of a pipe. But that really isn't what you want to be using around the equipment pad, where you want both sides the same size and with a more standard slip fitting connection.

 

[cowboycasey]

Jason, I think the pump and filter fitting are correct and will work ( they are the standard fitting's from Pentair )

I was trying to make it an easy connection to the returns and skimmer, I guess that didnt work out...

 

[cowboycasey]

So, I recieved my pump last night and I checked both pump and filter connections... The pump is perfect, it fits into the 2 inch pipe.. The filter is the same size as 2 inch pipe..

How is the best way to do all this? Will I be able to connect using a 2 inch slip fitting, like you said, that is not the best thing to do.. But with everything being 2 inch except the pump and Jandy valves, it may be the only way I can get it done... Because the jandy valves and pump work with 2 inch I cant go to 2.5 inch pipe, that would look even worse I would think...

Any suggestions?

 

[JasonLion]

It is straightforward enough to do, though you will need a few extra slip to slip straight connectors.

2" pipe is just fine. You could go to 2 1/2" pipe easily, but that would mean even more fittings (extra cost + extra work) to change size between 2" and 2 1/2", which doesn't seem worth the effort.

 

[cowboycasey]

Jason, and everyone following this..

I went out and bought a 5 foot 2 inch pipe to finish this once and for all ( I was guessing that it would work but did not know for sure)... Everything is perfect... The "special" connections I bought are awesome, they screw into all 3 returns, the skimmer and the pump and connect to 2 inch pipe with a union.. The filter has a 2 inch union also.... I bought 2, 2 inch unions to connect the SJ 45 salt cell just incase i needed to remove it or something crazzy...

Just so everyone knows, these are what I bought to connect everything.. I found them at https://www.mypoolyard.com/product_info.php/cmp-mip-pvc-temp-union-21063-160-000-p-4816

What I am supprised about is why these are not used by everyone... How is everyone connecting the returns and skimmers to hard pipe?

Because I dont do this all the time, it made the most sense to me to go this route, is there a better way?