Thank you for your replies. My concern with the head loss and gpm is mainly that I want to buy the right pump. Clearly it's a big purchase and I don't want to end up with something that's being over worked or inefficient.
From what I've read the pool needs to be cycled once a day for filtration. With a VS pump I can just run it for 24 hours at 26 gph and accomplish that. Getting the value out of the solar power complicates things because it's the cheapest energy. Perhaps what you're saying is to buy the smaller pump and run it at a lower speed for a longer period of the day. From what I understand the Pentair solar controller will automatically increase rpm when the sun is on the panels.
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From what I've read the pool needs to be cycled once a day for filtration. With a VS pump I can just run it for 24 hours at 26 gph and accomplish that. Getting the value out of the solar power complicates things because it's the cheapest energy. Perhaps what you're saying is to buy the smaller pump and run it at a lower speed for a longer period of the day. From what I understand the Pentair solar controller will automatically increase rpm when the sun is on the panels.
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