@Jimrahbe I saw your comment on a thread about Intelliflo
"I have three 3 HP IntelliFlo pumps and they have been running 24/7, mostly at 1200 RPM. One is over 10 years old, one over 8 years old, one right at 7 years old. They are all powered by Pentair GFCI breakers and they have never, not once, popped the breaker for any reason."
I read that EasyTouch supports 2 Intelliflo pumps, can it be expanded to three? I ask because I have 2 Intelliflos plus a SuperFlo for the in floor cleaner. I discovered this winter that power consumption of the three pumps can be considerable when they run all night in freeze mode. I kicked the 2 intelliflo pumps RPM down in freeze mode, that helped, but it would be nice that the cleaner pump could be kicked back a bit as well. Haven't figured out whether or at what point the expense of another VS would be justified in energy costs savings yet, but just wanted to get an idea of the feasibility of operating 3 VS pumps from the EasyTouch.
This was my first winter operating the pool. Its been an unusually cold winter in this area; coupled with seasonally lower production from my PV solar array resulted in electric bills which were eye openers! A lot more to operate the pool in the winter than the summer, due to the pumps running almost all night almost every night in freeze mode.
I also know that the cleaner pump has to run at sufficient RPM to lift one or more of the cleaner heads to get some flow, I have no idea yet whether that RPM would be significantly lower than the speed (and power) the Superflo runs at.
"I have three 3 HP IntelliFlo pumps and they have been running 24/7, mostly at 1200 RPM. One is over 10 years old, one over 8 years old, one right at 7 years old. They are all powered by Pentair GFCI breakers and they have never, not once, popped the breaker for any reason."
I read that EasyTouch supports 2 Intelliflo pumps, can it be expanded to three? I ask because I have 2 Intelliflos plus a SuperFlo for the in floor cleaner. I discovered this winter that power consumption of the three pumps can be considerable when they run all night in freeze mode. I kicked the 2 intelliflo pumps RPM down in freeze mode, that helped, but it would be nice that the cleaner pump could be kicked back a bit as well. Haven't figured out whether or at what point the expense of another VS would be justified in energy costs savings yet, but just wanted to get an idea of the feasibility of operating 3 VS pumps from the EasyTouch.
This was my first winter operating the pool. Its been an unusually cold winter in this area; coupled with seasonally lower production from my PV solar array resulted in electric bills which were eye openers! A lot more to operate the pool in the winter than the summer, due to the pumps running almost all night almost every night in freeze mode.
I also know that the cleaner pump has to run at sufficient RPM to lift one or more of the cleaner heads to get some flow, I have no idea yet whether that RPM would be significantly lower than the speed (and power) the Superflo runs at.
