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    Actual savings of variable speed pump

    I have a 3/4 hp pump that runs 6 hrs a day, 5000 gal pool. I measured it at 121V at 10.4A, 1260W, or $25/day or $300/yr. The pentair website says I'm using $373 per year and if switching to the intelliflow variable speed I would save $300/year. This doesn't seem very likely to me. But even...
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    Rebuild or replace pump

    My pump ran dry for 3-4 hours, amazingly it still works, although at about 80% pressure and is sucking some air. It is leaking quite a bit out of top outlet port (where the pump body meets the PVC). These idiots glued everything directly to each other so there is not really an easy fix, I'll...