Recent content by Poolbreh

when it comes to vs the 3 hp is always recommended. Since it’s variable you’ll have the range you need for different features.

The heater causes a lot of flow restrictions, there are plenty of threads here on heater bypass and their performance results. The most ideal setup to get the most out of your jets would be, having a closed loop intake>jetpump>jets without going through the heater or filter(this needs to be...

I believe you it’s probably not connected. If the filter gets dirty it will slow flow and jets. It’s not uncommon for pool spa combos to use the filter pump to also run the jets. This is the specs on your filter. Also a plumbing diagram in the same manual. Compared to a larger filter flow rate...

If it was my pool, I would remove the spa pump. Tie the filter pump into the spa main drain and you could leave the return as is and add a check valve to spa jets. But not necessary with a future automation upgrade. I would also replace the filter with a larger one.

I would dig up the second pool drain and see if it’s connected to spa main drain. I don’t want to believe it was designed this way lol. Maybe they had to rework it because something wasn’t working the way they wanted. This would be a basic setup. Actuators on the intake and return. And return...

The way it’s designed water will equalize with the pool or highest point in pipe without siphon. That’s why I don’t think any check valve you change will fix the problem long term. It’s a design flaw imo. Additionally the water isn’t being filtered before going into heater.

when I say isolated I mean spa intake>heater>spa return. Then you would have a bypass or equalizer line from a different source to give the spillover feature. I don’t think the original plumber designed your equipment this way, I think the spa pump was added later. I would confirm if that...

You have 2 designated lines for pool drains? One looks like it’s been worked on recently(glue color). This setup isn’t the most ideal. I don’t see changing a check valve would remedy the design flaw of the plumbing. Having a designated spa pump is fine, but it needs to plumbed in an isolated...

Do you use the booster pump? What kind of intelliflo pump? It looks like the sub panel will have to be redone with adequate space. What size breaker from the main panel? If it was my pool I would have removed timers and placed the sub panel there and upgraded to an intelliflo 3 with io but this...

It’s most likely 2.5” you’ll need a 2.5” female to slip fitting and reduce it down to 2”