If you are wanting to find a good low speed to run at then monitor your skimmer action so that there is always good flow into the skimmer at your lowest running RPM.
Anyone can share info on the Home Depot Xtremepowerus VSP?
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If the function you need at the time is working, you have enough flow.
Such as : the skimmers bobbing away, enough flow to turn on the heater or swg, waterfall/ spillover working properly, etc.
Such as : the skimmers bobbing away, enough flow to turn on the heater or swg, waterfall/ spillover working properly, etc.
- Jun 24, 2021
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- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
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I have it at 1000 rpm and the skimmer door is opened. I get the feeling it's not enough flow.
It sure helps us. So THANKS.
Where is the water level on the skimmer mouth ?
Is the door bobbing at all ?
Ok so the water level is 2/3 to 3/4 up the skimmer and the door is bobbing. Only a thin layer of water makes it over the weir door. It sounds like it's working and once a little evaporates, it may work better.
Halfway up the faceplate is the sweet spot for most skimmers, but between rain (particularly FL rain) and evaporation, it might dance some.
Halfway up the faceplate is the sweet spot for most skimmers, but between rain (particularly FL rain) and evaporation, it might dance some.
Yea, we had some hard rain 2 days ago. I don't drain the water. I'll let it evaporate a bit and see how it'll dance.
I do have another question. According to this website,
How to Calculate Flow Rate | Pool Supply Unlimited Blog
www.poolsupplyunlimited.com
If I have it running at 1200 rpm with 158 watts and have 0" hg vacuum x 1.13 and 0 psi x 2.31, they both would calculate to 0. So how does one get an estimated gpm? Certainly can't be 0 gpm.
I tried using the TFP pool pump tool to no avail.
- Jun 24, 2021
- 15,992
- Pool Size
- 29000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- CircuPool RJ-60 Plus
I understand this website was adamant about ignoring the gpm numbers but I was just curious how much water is flowing.
Ok, I'll disregard it. Thanks
My pump does RPM. Even if I was to get a flow meter, I'd have to translate it back to +200 RPMs (etc) if adjusting the GPM a little. So I just speak RPM. My skimmers work great at 1000 RPMs, the SWG works down to 700, and the vac works best at 2050.
All of them push water through the filter and spew from the returns.
All of them push water through the filter and spew from the returns.
My pump has the RPM, Time, Duration and watts. It's a nice feature.
I have to say I am pleasantly surprised with this pump, especially for the money and 3 year warranty.
I have it at 1000 rpm during the day for 6 hours using only 140 watts so that translates to 0.140 kw. Looks like I'll be saving a lot of money on my power bills.
It'll prime with only 2400 rpm for not even a minute. I need 2200 rpm for my vac to cover the pool entirely, which within the parameters that PoolStored stated before.
Let it prime at high speed to push the air out which lower rpm can't achieve. Don't look at efficiency for the priming as that is short lived and rids the air for the lower rpm that comes in after it. The chemicals could care less what the pump speed is and distributes just the same so don't rack your brain to figure out all the various rpm schedules.
That is what I like about my VSP in that even if I set it manually to run the lower speed part of the schedule it will go full blast to ensure the prime before it settles to the low speed.
It does it automatically from 2400 to 3200 depending how much water is flowing at start up.
I didn't change the prime speed, just set the first hour at 2200rpm, 6 hours at 1000rpm and last hour at 2200rpm.
I have the Blue-White FlowRead meter, it's $90 on Amazon. Pool Man Steve on YouTube recommended it, that was good enough for my purposes. For me the meter was vital so I didn't push too much water into my aging sand filter, and potentially break a lateral. The meter was very helpful is seeing the difference in Calimar's spec for flow, and what the pipes and filter could actually handle. Also helpful to see flow difference in filter mode and bypass mode. Wish you the best...