Calimar/Circupool/Black & Decker/Blue Torrent Scheduling Question

[jamesey]

Seeking advice from Calimar, Circupool, Black & Decker, or Blue Torrent variable speed pump owners... (maybe even other brands as I'm new to all of this)

I just joined the variable speed pump club this season and loving it so far. I've been running 24/7 on low rpm manual mode, but my pump basket slowly fills with air overtime, so I was hoping to get a schedule setup to purge this once a day at a higher rpm.

Here's my issue: It appears that my pump is not smart enough to recognize what speed setting it needs to go to based on the current time when I start the pump. It will go on "pause" mode (on, but 0 rpm) until the current time triggers the time set for Speed 1. Let me explain...

Here's my current schedule (I've tried others, but have the same problem):

Speed 1: 3000 rpm, 1 hour @ 12am
Speed 2: 1500 rpm, 23 hours

If I turn off the pump to perform maintenance during the day and turn the pump back on, then for some reason, it sits at 0 rpm until the current time surpasses the time set for Speed 1 (12 am)

Is this by design? I would expect that the pump would run at Speed 2 anytime during the day once I start the pump again on schedule mode.

Hopefully I'm missing something...

 

[HermanTX]

In reading the Calimar pump manual, Speed 1 has priority over Speed 2 and Speed 2 has priority over Speed 3.
On page 6 (pg 14) the following is stated. So if you are using the Start/Stop button it should run the scheduled programed

Press the Start/Stop button and ensure the LED
is lit. The pump is now on and will run the custom
user-programmed schedule
Note: If the pump has been stopped via the Start/
Stop button, the pump will not run until the pump
is turned back on by the Start/Stop button. If the
Start/Stop LED is illuminated then the pump is on
and will run the programmed schedule

 

[Kaylee34]

I have a Circupool. Most of the time I run 24/7 at low rpm in manual mode. Just easier for me that way.
I do have a schedule programmed in for the same reason you do. Slow accumulation of air under the lid. I also wanted it to be able to self-purge that air if I went out of town for a few days. I've never noticed a pause mode if I'm running on the schedule and cut the pump off for whatever reason. I think your issue is that your pump is looking at the speed 1 priority. Try selecting speed 2 then turning it on.

My schedule is:
6 am: 2300 rpm for 1 hour (priming and skimming)
7 am: 1100 rpm for 12 hours (circulating for the SWG)
7 pm 1800 rpm for 4 hours (evening bug skimming and acid additions if needed)
11 pm 1500 rpm for 6 hours
shut down between 5 & 6 am (my daily maintenance time)
I can also recheck it if I think it's needed before leaving for the day.

 

[proavia]

Try setting speed 1 @ 1500rpm from 1am until 12 midnight and speed 2 @ 3000rpm from 12 midnight until 1am.
With speed 1 being priority, it's possible the pump won't restart unless within the speed 1 runtime.

What is the lowest rpm to trigger the flow switch? Use that speed plus 200 rpm for speed 1.
What is the reason to run for one hour at 3000rpm? Can you run at 2500rpm or lower for that one hour?

 

[jamesey]

I've never noticed a pause mode if I'm running on the schedule and cut the pump off for whatever reason. I think your issue is that your pump is looking at the speed 1 priority. Try selecting speed 2 then turning it on.

I tried something similar to this. Started pump on schedule mode, pause mode kicked in, and then I force Speed 2 by pressing it. What happens to me in this case is that it will just start Speed 2 for the set duration of 23 hours regardless of time. With that said, I haven't waited long enough to see what would happen at 12a where Speed 1 is set, but I guess I could try experimenting this with a different time to see if Speed 1 will kick in. I'll give that a shot

Try setting speed 1 @ 1500rpm from 1am until 12 midnight and speed 2 @ 3000rpm from 12 midnight until 1am.
With speed 1 being priority, it's possible the pump won't restart unless within the speed 1 runtime.

I'll also give this a shot. Great suggestion, thanks!

What is the lowest rpm to trigger the flow switch? Use that speed plus 200 rpm for speed 1.

My SWG will trigger at around 900 rpms, but I've noticed that at even 1200 rpms air accumulates at a much faster rate under my pump lid than I feel comfortable. 1500 rpm is about the sweet spot and not much of an increase in energy consumption

What is the reason to run for one hour at 3000rpm? Can you run at 2500rpm or lower for that one hour?

Arbitrarily picked 3000 rpm for one hour to purge the air and get some extra skimming over night at cheap electric rates. It only takes a few seconds for the air to purge out, so I suppose I could reduce this to a couple mins and reduce the speed to 2500 rpms. I'm pretty good at manually skimming everyday

 

[jamesey]

Try setting speed 1 @ 1500rpm from 1am until 12 midnight and speed 2 @ 3000rpm from 12 midnight until 1am.
With speed 1 being priority, it's possible the pump won't restart unless within the speed 1 runtime.

This worked! Thank you!