Recent content by Mike1000

Hi, based on my recent experiences trying to balance the HP of a pump with power consumed and GPM, I'd suggest you get a flow meter (Amazon around $80) to measure the actual flow as GPM is not directly proportional to RPM, impeller size and HP. Two factors, pipe diameter and the state of the...

Hi, This pollen issue is just a short term event of around 1-2 weeks as we get it each year late Feb early March. I'm surrounded by Florida Oaks from neighbors trees that dump leaves in the pool for 6 weeks or so, then the pollen starts and at the same time what we call 'coffee grounds' in...

You've nailed it that every pool system is usually unique and you want to run the pump at a low speed commensurate with an adequate flow and have the ability to run faster to clean the pool. Perhaps the best way to size the pump is to have someone to offer a service to do a temporary instal of 2...

Update on my issues with a Pentair Intelipro VS pool pump, this what I found. With the help of a plumber and electrician we took out the Pentair pump and fitted a Blue Wave NE6181 Tidal Wave 2-Speed Pump ($303) in its place and added a Alexa compatible wi-fi pool scheduler timer ($80) as well...

Prior to installing this outdoor wifi smartbox from Dewenwills I connected 110 volts to it to set up Smartlife on my Android phone. Everything worked as predicted but can anyone confirm whether the 2 sets of NO contacts are independent of each other by having 2 relays or are the a single relay...

Best answer so far, thanks. My beef is really with Pentair for not flagging up their preference for using Pentair GFCI's and with another post specifying the Pentair version, I immediately noticed it was a double pole GFCI unlike my single pole one (both old and new). Again, no Pentair install...

No I don't have an oscilloscope, sorry.

Thanks for replying, it is an intelliflo pump but the pump program has been roughly 4 hours from 8.00 till midday at 2500 RPM, then at 1500 RPM for 3 hours and then 3000RPM for 2 hours. The only pattern (if any) that I've noticed is that the GFCI tends to trip at low RPM's not high RPM's. Thats...

Variable Speed pool pumps the pros and cons as I see them. In 2019 my old single speed 110 V AC pump started leaking and had to be replaced. I was 'persuaded' that the way to go was by replacing it with a variable speed Pentair pool pump that cost around $1,000 as they allegedly would pay for...