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    Smallest Allowable Distance between Pump and Open Water, underground pool.

    Hi Team! Here is another poorly designed swimming pool. As the title suggests, I wonder what the smallest distance between pump and pool should be. Background: Our pool equipment is located 5' above the pool surface due to the slope of the lot, visible in the lot survey below. The pool surface...
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    pool pump float switch recommendations

    Hi all, Any recommendations for a float switch? I am looking for one that would switch off my trough pump when it gets close to empty.
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    How adjust pump speed for perfect trough level?

    First a little background. Our infinity pool trough can sometimes overflow if a lot of people jump or make waves in the pool. You can mitigate this by running trough suction high. If large amounts of water had been splashing out of the main pool during swimming that difference gets magnified on...
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    Pentair VS+SVRS -> VSF modification ideas

    Hi there, Background: We bought an SVRS pump back in 2018, it never worked. The Main reason is the pump site elevation over the pool is higher than SVRS vacuum trigger can tolerate. The pool store (Pinch a Penny on Semoran Blvd, never again buying from them btw) refused to take it back after...
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    SVRS trouble

    Went to Pinch a Penny a couple of weeks ago to buy an SVRS, which I thought was the best pump you can get (my motto is go big or go home) o'boy was I wrong. After the Pincha Penny guys spent two whole days not even being able to start the pump without tripping it, I asked them; how do you...