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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    I'll take care of that this weekend then. In the meantime, it looks like it's been running great as-is so the system itself seems to be good and it's just this last little bit to take care of then to be safer. Thanks for all the help getting me going on this, it's definitely going to be a good...
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    Ok, finally got the extra tee in the mail. Looks like I have about 7" if I put it just before it goes into the elbow to the salt cell and the manual as I understand it says it needs 6-12" of straight pipe before the tee so I think I'm good there thankfully. @Newdude just to make sure I do this...
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    Bummer, ok I guess then I'm ordering a new tee to move the flow switch to the top
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    That sucks, with I thought of that too :(. I do have a temp sensor earlier in the plumbing already, I have a feeling I can't just swap them though since I imagine it would read a lot higher than normal when the heater is running since it's downstream from the heater.
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    Just to update: I went ahead with attempting the plumbing this weekend and it was a bit of work but I managed to get it all plumbed in as originally planned and it seems to be running fine now with no leaks! Still have to wire everything up but that's the easy part. Thanks all!
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    After thinking about everything, I went ahead and actually went with the CircuPool instead, while I wait for that to arrive I got a check valve and jandy valve and quickly realized that adding the heater bypass may be a lot more complicated than I thought, if possible at all. Should have...
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    Cool then I'm not gonna worry about that anode then, it'll save some cash anyway. I was thinking then I can do this: Put in a Jandy 3 way valve for bypass where the dead temp sensor is, relocate that somewhere else (better before or after the heater or does it matter?), outlet facing up and an...
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    Good thoughts all around, thanks! It looks like both models I've been looking at function exactly the same with a dial for percentage of fine steps until 50, actually from pictures it looks like they might have the same control panel even - but I supposed it's a fairly simple mechanism all...
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    Want to upgrade to salt, plumbing sanity check and recommendations

    Hi all, I am looking to upgrade to a salt system but if I understand correctly I need to do a bit of re-plumbing to get the minimum 3' between the heater and cell. I'm thinking if I can somehow re-use that first elbow out of the heater, I can spin it upwards, go up about 1.5-2 feet, across the...
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    Looking to upgrade from single speed to variable, stick with Hayward or go with another brand?

    Just wanted to come back with an update: I ended up going with the Century Evo EVQ225 through inyopools. For now, I'm just using the built in schedule and the regular relay timer my old pump was using and I'll figure out remote speed control at a later date. The hardest part was getting the old...
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    Upgrading pump motor - poolwarehouse or inyopools?

    Hi all, I'm finally looking to upgrade my pump motor from single speed now that it's the cold season and it looks like I can get the same motor, impeller and seals from poolwarehouse for about $80 cheaper than inyo - $669 vs $752 both with shipping, tax, etc. I know inyo comes highly regarded...
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    Looking to upgrade from single speed to variable, stick with Hayward or go with another brand?

    Good to know. I do have in floor cleaning and spa so I think that's why my PB specced the 2HP one to begin with. I've gotten used to the noise over the years but you can hear it pretty clearly in the entire yard and out to the street when it's running - our whole lot is only about 7300 sqft for...
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    Looking to upgrade from single speed to variable, stick with Hayward or go with another brand?

    My automation system is for all intents and purposes home-grown and not one of the major manufacturers products which is why I have to either go with relay control or figure out some way to interface the RS485 to my existing system with an ESP32 or arduino or something like that talking the...
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    Looking to upgrade from single speed to variable, stick with Hayward or go with another brand?

    So that's a no then? Those pages only cover hooking up to the RS485 port for integration with OnmiLogic, AquaLink, etc that way and not generic relay like I mentioned. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something is all. Here's the only manual I could find on it: Regal Rexnord Literature
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    Looking to upgrade from single speed to variable, stick with Hayward or go with another brand?

    Ouch, good to know. I'm going to be doing the work so I appreciate the heads up on that. Looking at the manual it looks like they only mention RS485 for automation but I also see a terminal strip next to the UI button connector in the diagrams that's undocumented but looks like the same 5...
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    Looking to upgrade from single speed to variable, stick with Hayward or go with another brand?

    That's definitely an attractive option, especially since it's not much more than the Calimar with the right sales. The not needing to re-do plumbing makes up for the difference in price in my opinion. I can't seem to find anything under SP3215C, but I do see SPX3215C is that what you meant...