Recent content by josephny

When the pump is running (and SWG generating, and associated electricals), power consumption is just approximately 1900 watts. I remember a couple of years ago I experiemented with lowering the RPM to see the power savings while making sure the SWG and heater would kick on, and it wasn't much...

Are you suggesting I leave the pump running for more hours each day at a lower speed (but high enough speed to satisfy the heater and SWG minimum speed requirements)? If so, would it not be wise to keep it at 3000 rpm (85gpm) and just run it longer?

The first link worked and I read the very interesting article. Takeaway: Run the pump with a goal in mind. Happily, I already thought along those lines. My heater acheives the goal with the current number of hours. The SWG comes up a short (which I correct with a few bottles of bleach every...

I opened the flow meter and I see that there is a little piece of broken plastic that holds the flapper around tthe metal shaft so the flapper can rotate. I put it back on and ran the pump at 3000rpm and I can see that the the corresponding flow is 85gpm. (The flow meter flapper quickly went...

Thank you. $150+ is what I'm trying to avoid.

This is the flow meter I have installed. Is there a way to change just the guts of it?

It's a 44' x 20' pool with a 9' deep section. There are 3 integrated skimmer-output-returns spaced evenly along one of the 44' walls. I don't have a way (that I know of) to adjust the speed according to heating or not heating (without rigging up a sensor of some type to determine whether the...

I don't know how many feet of head I have, so I can't figure out the RPM to GPM conversion. I have a flow meter on a pipe, but I'm pretty sure it is broken. Before it broke, 3450 created about 110gpm. Sounds like 3000rpm should be about right for filtering. 2000rpm for backwash is what I was...

You’re right — 3450 rpm I do have a heater but I was unaware of the 40gpm goal. I’m pretty sure even at 3000rpm I’m over that. Is 40gpm optimal for filtration and heating? Attached

I checked the pump and do not see how to read the flow rate. Here are some pics of the pump, as well as the ground when the backwash comes out.