Hi,
Last year I bought a pentair 400k btu pool heater. I also got my 19k gallon in-ground gunite pool replastered. Hindsight what it is, I probably should not have gotten the heater when replastering, as it was difficult to maintain the pH (it was often 7.8-8.4 last summer). And for the first time in 5 years, I started getting copper readings during water testing. I believe it was no higher than 0.5ppm. Everyone told me not to worry about the copper reading being 0.5, but since I never had that reading before, I made the assumption that it was coming from the heater element in the heater.
So I want to protect the heater element from being ruined. I am considering installing a bypass valve kit (pentair part #462048). I currently have a 2014 pentair whisperflo 2HP that I am thinking of upgrading to a newer whisperflo VST or intelliflo VSF. I also have an older mechanical dial timer that I use to turn the pump on/off.
My questions: am I worrying about this too much? Should I install a bypass valve? Will the stale water created from the bypass valve cause the same problem I am trying to prevent?
If installing a valve is recommended, should I save $ by just installing a manual valve or get the automated one? I also read about increased pump pressures and GPM flow differences being affected by installing this valve but don't really understand it or if it will negatively affect my equipment.
Thanks in advance...
Last year I bought a pentair 400k btu pool heater. I also got my 19k gallon in-ground gunite pool replastered. Hindsight what it is, I probably should not have gotten the heater when replastering, as it was difficult to maintain the pH (it was often 7.8-8.4 last summer). And for the first time in 5 years, I started getting copper readings during water testing. I believe it was no higher than 0.5ppm. Everyone told me not to worry about the copper reading being 0.5, but since I never had that reading before, I made the assumption that it was coming from the heater element in the heater.
So I want to protect the heater element from being ruined. I am considering installing a bypass valve kit (pentair part #462048). I currently have a 2014 pentair whisperflo 2HP that I am thinking of upgrading to a newer whisperflo VST or intelliflo VSF. I also have an older mechanical dial timer that I use to turn the pump on/off.
My questions: am I worrying about this too much? Should I install a bypass valve? Will the stale water created from the bypass valve cause the same problem I am trying to prevent?
If installing a valve is recommended, should I save $ by just installing a manual valve or get the automated one? I also read about increased pump pressures and GPM flow differences being affected by installing this valve but don't really understand it or if it will negatively affect my equipment.
Thanks in advance...
