Recent content by NathanF

Hi All, We are looking into purchasing our first hot tub. One of the ones we are considering is a Hot Springs beam with a free Freshwater Salt add-on. From what I can tell this is a fairly new product, and different from ACE which has been around longer. Does anyone have any experience with the...

Re: New Intex 16ft Ultra - Questions on Custom Plumbing, Sol Again, thanks for all the great info everyone. I decided to forget my home made panel idea (wanted solid PVC since price wasn't much higher, and I thought it would be less of a mess on the roof, to answer the question about why I...

Hello All, Opening my first pool soon. Doing DIY solar with Solar Bear Fafco dual 4x20ft panels and DIY piping / pump / filter from scratch. I want to do all of this right and get the smallest HP pump I can get away with for electricity cost considerations. Here is the info: 5000 gallons Intex...

Re: New Intex 16ft Ultra - Questions on Custom Plumbing, Sol Thanks for all the great info, it is much appreciated, and has saved me a load of problems. I'm going to probably get a lesser pump - possibly a 2 speed, or maybe a 1/2 or 3/4 HP. Will crunch those numbers later. In the mean time...

Re: New Intex 16ft Ultra - Questions on Custom Plumbing, Sol OK, I realized since I have three panels, I can run them in parallel. 3 x 0.66 square inches is 1.98 square inches. A circle with that area is 1.588." So in principle, my system should support 1.5" if it is split into 3 runs through...

Re: New Intex 16ft Ultra - Questions on Custom Plumbing, Sol The pump I ordered is part of the Hayward easy clear filter kit. It's a 1 HP Power-Flo LX. My solar panels are the cheap $140 Ecosaver system on Amazon. I just got my calipers out, and all I can say is ugh. They are far worse...

Re: New Intex 16ft Ultra - Questions on Custom Plumbing, Sol Done, and hello fellow Oregonian! To answer your question, our power rates are about 10-11 cents per kilowatt hour, so if I run my planned pump 10 hours a day that will be $43 a month...not terrible, but it doesn't give me a warm...

Re: New Intex 16ft Ultra - Questions on Custom Plumbing, Sol Thanks for the info! 1) Good call on the skimmer! I actually ordered the Hayward one via Amazon last night before even seeing your post, after doing some more reading on the forum. I think what I may do is use the skimmer as the...

Hello All, New to the forum and pool ownership. Just got an Intex 16ft ultra frame. After what felt like weeks of leveling and careful yard prep, it's setup and running now with the stock filter, but I have a Hayward C550 cartridge filter system with 1HP pump on order. I have also purchased...