CaliMar Variable Speed Pool Pump Advice

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Thanks for the input guys,

Ive noticed there is the "snowflake" symbol on the display but not seen it lit as yet

There seems to be 2 versions of the manual - one talking about Winterizing with no mention of the "Freeze Protection Program" and another with the page you guys kindly posted.

Calimar replied to me with the winterizing page which didnt really help

Have you seen the freeze protect actually activate and does the snowflake symbol on the display illuminate?

I will keep digging!

Thanks

Pete
 
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jsygrls posted an image of the same page I sent Pete. Thanks. I'm going to mess with it tonight and see what happens. Last couple of nights I have just had the pump in manual mode at 1000 rpms.
 
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jsygrls posted an image of the same page I sent Pete. Thanks. I'm going to mess with it tonight and see what happens. Last couple of nights I have just had the pump in manual mode at 1000 rpms.
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jsygrls posted an image of the same page I sent Pete. Thanks. I'm going to mess with it tonight and see what happens. Last couple of nights I have just had the pump in manual mode at 1000 rpms.
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Thanks Mark,

Thats how Ive run mine this week but would be good to know if its set to do it automatically, in case the weather catches us out one day!
 
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So.... I turned the pump off last night as forecast showed no freezing temps overnight but was shocked this morning to see half an inch of ice on the pool!
Checking the equipment pad nothing has frozen thankfully but I will go on the conservative side of the forecast from now on.....

My immediate neighbor ran his pump overnight and no ice so that proves it works.

I'm sure from other posts I've looked at regarding hours and temps needed to freeze pipe sizes, ice on the pool comes well before ice in the kit but wont be taking any chances going forward!

As a result of this, I then tried to get into the freeze protection program menu suggested by other kind members in this post and the pupm does indeed go into the frost menu, the rpm was factory set to 1000 (changed to 1200), the activation temp was set to 40F BUT the duration when activated was set to 0.00 from factory!!! I've now tried to change this to 4 hours, but it wont let me set this above 1 hour - maybe it works by checking the temp after one hour running and activates it again if below 40F?

Worth letting other Calimar owners know that the pump MAY NOT be correctly "enabled by default" as suggested!!
 
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the rpm was factory set to 1000 (changed to 1200), the activation temp was set to 40F BUT the duration when activated was set to 0.00 from factory!!! I've now tried to change this to 4 hours, but it wont let me set this above 1 hour - maybe it works by clicking the temp after one hour running and activates it again if below 40F?
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This is the way my program sets up also. The duration only allows me to change the zero to a 1 , so (just maybe the 0 is off and the 1 is on as you outlined. GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE, LOL
I have not really NEEDED the freeze protections feature to this point of my winter weather. Please post again as you gain any more information regarding this feature.
 
I have my pump set to run at 1000 rpm at 40 degrees. I set the time to one because it is a binary switch. The trick was getting it to save the setting. I finally found holding the display button for an extended time saves the settings. Didn't find that in the manual. Temp is supposed to get below 40 tonight so I will watch and see if it kicks in.
 
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mShark said:
I have my pump set to run at 1000 rpm at 40 degrees. I set the time to one because it is a binary switch. The trick was getting it to save the setting. I finally found holding the display button for an extended time saves the settings. Didn't find that in the manual. Temp is supposed to get below 40 tonight so I will watch and see if it kicks in.
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Wow thanks Mark you may have just saved me a world of pain - I wondered how to save the new setting but just went out to recheck and indeed it had NOT saved the "1"/"on" I pressed in duration or the rpm to 1200. Redid and pressed the "display" few seconds as you said and then rechecked and its back as I want it thank so much! Im going to do a post to warn people - mods delete if thats not ok. Crazy this is not in the manual as people would think its on by default as stated there and then would be caught out again by not having their settings saved!!!

I will try to see if it kicks in or not tonight and the snowflake symbol lights up
 
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I should have stated earlier that I am no longer running the pump 24/7 in order to test the freeze protection feature. The pump is in manual mode and off.

Something else to test... does the freeze protection over-ride a pump running a schedule? Say it normally runs 500 rpms all night, will the freeze protection still take over and kick it up to 1000 rpm?

After looking at the manual again I realized there are other things I need to set. I'm the DIY guy that gets it running, then gets on to the next issue. I have to remember to go in and set the priming speed and duration. That section of the manual does include the long press of the display button to save the settings. lol
 
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I should have stated earlier that I am no longer running the pump 24/7 in order to test the freeze protection feature. The pump is in manual mode and off.

Something else to test... does the freeze protection over-ride a pump running a schedule? Say it normally runs 500 rpms all night, will the freeze protection still take over and kick it up to 1000 rpm?
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yep thats a worry - surely the freeze protection would override the schedule if the temp is low enough to activate it. Guess the only way is to go out and check when the outside temp suggests its low enough but with no display of what the pump thinks the temp is would be difficult and risky?
 
Based on my results so far I wouldn't bet the plumbing on the freeze protection. Mine is set for 50F and the measured temperature at the pump was 41F. The snowflake symbol is lit. The motor is not running. I can't find anywhere in the manual where it describes the meaning of the snowflake, whether it means it is enabled or that it is what? I'm going to give it a couple more hours before I manually enable the pump.
 
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So I went out to set it to manual mode and the darn thing was running at 1000 rpm. It must have started sometime in the last 30 minutes. the measured temp at the pump now is 41F.

Trying to decide if I trust it or put it on manual mode.
 
The pump ran all night and shut off shortly after the sun got onto the equipment pad. I have no idea why it takes a while to start, the temp adjustment doesn't appear to make a difference, but it did work. It isn't terribly important for me as I intend to run my pump 24/7, though at a very low rpm for most of the day. Hopefully this info is useful to others.
 
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