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    Hayward Tristar VS and reported energy consumption

    Hi, I have a Tristar VS pump that I installed a couple of weeks ago and have a TED (The Energy Detective Electricity Monitor) which monitors energy usage on a per circuit basis. I have the pump set to 1350rpm and it is saying that it is using 115w. The pump is wired up as 240v as that is the...
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    Pump consolidation and SWG

    Ok, I'll leave the water fall pump alone. When you say to get the biggest DE filter I can, I'm not sure I understand why. I'm running the VS pump at 1350 rpm which is about 125 watts for 24 hours a day. So i thought that by reducing the flow rate through the filter and increasing the duration, I...
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    Pump consolidation and SWG

    Hi, Here is a picture of my current setup. I installed the Hayward Tristar VS pump last week. I got a robotic cleaner today. I have now turned off the circuit breaker for the high pressure pump. The third pump is for the "water fall" - it's just a small bar type that is on the back of a...
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    Dolphin Active 30i review

    Okay, so I bit the bullet and bought one of these units. It arrived just before lunch today and I threw it in as fast as I could. I configured it and let it run via the iPhone app. I came out later and it had finished, but didn't quiet get everything in the bottom of the pool. So I left it an...
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    Dolphin Active 30i review

    Any updated review on how the unit performed over the rest of the season?