Greetings! New to the forum and love the wealth of info.
I just had my pool redone and replaced all the equipment with Hayward. I now have the Ecostar VS pump, 4820 DE filter and Aquarite salt system (not turned on yet).
I am running 1 1/2" piping throughout.
Like most I see on this forum, I have the typical air in the basket issue. I'm working on trying to resolve that. I had a backflow valve installed on the intake of the pump, which I'm going to just remove and go straight in. One less restriction. I'm also going to do the shaving cream test on the pipes, which I suspect as having some small air gaps.
One thing I'm baffled about is the lack of suction on the skimmer. It's clear but when the pump is running at 2000 rpm, the skimmer doesn't appear to have any suction. It's one of those baskets with the floating sleeve type. When I had the single speed pump on there the sleeve would get pulled down and the water would skim great. Now, with the Ecostar, I have to have it at high rpm for it to do that. It's not skimming at all.
I just had my pool redone and replaced all the equipment with Hayward. I now have the Ecostar VS pump, 4820 DE filter and Aquarite salt system (not turned on yet).
I am running 1 1/2" piping throughout.
Like most I see on this forum, I have the typical air in the basket issue. I'm working on trying to resolve that. I had a backflow valve installed on the intake of the pump, which I'm going to just remove and go straight in. One less restriction. I'm also going to do the shaving cream test on the pipes, which I suspect as having some small air gaps.
One thing I'm baffled about is the lack of suction on the skimmer. It's clear but when the pump is running at 2000 rpm, the skimmer doesn't appear to have any suction. It's one of those baskets with the floating sleeve type. When I had the single speed pump on there the sleeve would get pulled down and the water would skim great. Now, with the Ecostar, I have to have it at high rpm for it to do that. It's not skimming at all.