Cartridge Filter Recommendation

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i30swimmer

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I currently have a new Pentair Superflo VS in my garage. I would have already put it in, but just have not have time to do it yet. My Hayward Superflo single speed is running fine, but I am trying to save some money on electricity and the pump is 6 years old. After doing some planning in preparation for installing the new pump, I was inspecting my Star Clear 1200 filter and realized that it has a small, but seemingly growing crack near the pressure gauge. I bought the house with this equipment in 2020, and its worked fine, but the crack seems new, even though its not leaking.

Anyways, I am thinking about re-plumbing the pad area using 2" PVC, getting a new filter, and installing the new pump all at the same time. My water is clear and seems very clean as is, but I am wondering if I should upgrade the filter to something larger. I also don't really know if upgrading to 2 inch plumbing for the pad area would really make a difference when I have 1.5' plumbing underground on suction and return.

I was eyeing the Pentair Clean and Clear Plus 240sqft or the Hayward Swimclear 150sqft. My budget is about $800 for the filter. I really do not have any problems pulling the filter out and spraying them down, so having a larger filter to lengthen the time between cleanings is not a consideration. Just wondering if I would actually get any cleaning benefits from getting a filter larger than what I currently have at 120sqft. Afterall the Hayward Starclear is half the price of the above mentioned filters, and I have an extra filter sitting in my garage already, that would become useless if I bought a new filter housing. Thoughts appreciated.
 
i30,

The bigger the cartridge filter, the lower the back pressure, and the slower you can run your pump and still move a lot of water.

Changing the pad to 2" plumbing will not have any effect on the overall operation of your pool. But.. it will make it easier to plumb if everything is the same size.

For the most part, all brands of cartridge filters function about the same. It is the cartridge itself that does all the work.

Thanks,

Jim R.
 
A Pentair CCP320 or CCP420 would be better suited to your 12,000 gallon pool. While the CCP240 will work, you will be cleaning it much more frequently.

For some reason Florida PBs tend to use dinky filters. Many times, we can identify a Florida pool owner just by seeing a pic of their filter.
 
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