BowserB
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- Jul 29, 2018
- 785
- Pool Size
- 15000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Just FYI. Here some "reported" numbers from my 3HP VSF. The lowest I've checked is 1650rpm that reports 25gpm,260w; 1725-26gpm.298w; 3000-75gpm,1735w; 3450-86gpm, 2530w. These will change as the filter gets dirty, although I use skimmer socks (actual skimmer socks, as I've found they collect a lot more small stuff than hair nets.) Pool is 15k gallons with a raised spa. Two skimmers. Filter is a cartridge unit. Water goes through the filter, then through a UV-C appliance, then through the heater, then goes UP through the IC-40 and on to a split to the spa and pool returns (Pool and spa have 7 returns each returns). I run the pump at 1650rpm 11pm to 5am and 9am to 8pm. The IC-40 is on a separate timer and runs midnight to 4am and 10am to 8pm at 20%.
The pump is already on when the IC-40 comes on, so the flow light on the IC-40 comes on instantly. FC has held steady the last month at 6.5 to 7ppm with CC at -0-. Last several weeks we've had intermittent rain showers--enough that the pool overflow drain has sent water to the street--but the last week has begun to look like our typical summer drought may be here, and water temperature at 2pm is 91-92 degrees, dropping to 90 around 7pm. I don't have anything reporting IC-40 status, so I only know what I see when I look at it. I am an uncontrollable tinker and tweaker of settings, so all the above speeds and schedules may be different next month or next week.
The pump is already on when the IC-40 comes on, so the flow light on the IC-40 comes on instantly. FC has held steady the last month at 6.5 to 7ppm with CC at -0-. Last several weeks we've had intermittent rain showers--enough that the pool overflow drain has sent water to the street--but the last week has begun to look like our typical summer drought may be here, and water temperature at 2pm is 91-92 degrees, dropping to 90 around 7pm. I don't have anything reporting IC-40 status, so I only know what I see when I look at it. I am an uncontrollable tinker and tweaker of settings, so all the above speeds and schedules may be different next month or next week.
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