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Do you have the stock # of the switches?

My Hayard SWG control box housing is rusting and causing stains on my house. It's 2 1/2 years old. Has anyone found a replacement? I would prefer to replace with plastic. smithpod

Yes there are more efficient motors but you also have to look at the ROI. Also your evironment makes a difference. I live in Florida and am on salt water so electronic devices don't last very long. I couldn't see paying the extra money for a variable drive but that's just my situation. Where...

beachav8r, Check out ecopoolpumps.com. They have a good comparison sheet for a lot of the pumps. Of course they are trying to sell the ecopump. Poolexress sells the ecopump and timers. A good two speed motor is the A.O. smith Centurian B2982 (1 hp). 7.4 amps on high, 1.4 on low. Sells for...

I ended up wiring it to mode 2 and using circuit 3 for the chlorinator. Everything works great. I should show a savings of about $230 per year and thats with running the pump two hours more per day but all hours in low speed. Tim

Thanks for the response. I will probably just wire it to the low speed side. The only time it will be on high is during the first five minutes to get some pressure into the solar collectors or to run the pool vac. I saw on the box there is a mode 7 and it isn't in the instructions. By the...

I bought a AO Smith Centurian two speed motor and a Intermatic P1353ME timer. I want to hook up my Hayward salt chlorinator to run whenever the motor is running. I can see how to wire it either always on the high speed side and no low or always on the low speed side and no high but how do I...