Hello all, I’m not entirely new around here, I’ve been a reader but haven’t found a need to post yet until now.
I have an issue that I dont understand exactly but let me give you some details on my pool first.
Approximately 27,000 gallons with a deep end. Pop ups with 5 zones. One zone has only one pop up as the zone (might be handy later). The pop ups are the A&A type 2 standard high flow.
Running an EZ2Stage pump 1hp
It has a cyclone on it and a 400 sq ft cartridge filter and a ic60 salt water generator and a blue square valve running the floor. 2” lines throughout except what is coming into the pump. That’s been reduced to 1.5” but it’s 2” to the cyclone all the way to the blue square. Everything has been replaced except the pump.
The pool was in bad shape, it had a 120sq cartridge filter on it, a salt water generator that was dead, and the old gould valve on it.
I have been struggling big time with this pool and I discussed it with a pro and he said the filter was way too small and that I should also get a 400sq ft and a cyclone. I just switched all of this out with new plumbing, filter, cyclone, SWG, and blue square. I’ve never seen so much flow from this pool, it’s excellent....until it isn’t.
My problem is too much flow. There is so much pressure and I think the main issue might be the blue square but I could be completely wrong here. What happens is the filter shows about 7.5psi when switching to another zone so essentially two zones are semi open at the time, when it lands on one zone the pressure goes up to as much as 25 or 30 (especially for the single zone pop up). So what’s happening here is the pressure is to high for the SWG so it throws flashing lights and complains, then the blue square somehow just decided it’s not going to move to the next zone so it just sits there on the same zone with high pressure on the filter. Also, I’m not 100% sure but I think the “low” setting on the pump doesn’t work properly. The filter shows 0 psi when the low is running. Also, there is no other water return in this pool that I’m aware of.
This has been running for literally one night since install so the filter is nice and clean, that’s not the problem, besides that would prevent flow I’m guessing? Also, when I run the aerator it has tons of pressure, I can literally spray the top of the house if I turn it open all the way. I did pull all of the heads out to clear debris as well. Just to be sure that wasn’t my issue.
some thoughts in my head are:
1. slow the pump down, maybe switch it to a variable speed, just spent $2500+ between the filter, IC60, and the cyclone so it would be nice not to spend more, I will if it’ll be the right thing to finally get this cruising right.
2. switch the heads to A&A Gamma heads so I can get that 9/16” opening and that might help. The problem I see with this solution is the zone with only one head. So I don’t think that’s going to fix this issue.
So did I screw everything up trying to do what I thought was being an awesome owner?
I have an issue that I dont understand exactly but let me give you some details on my pool first.
Approximately 27,000 gallons with a deep end. Pop ups with 5 zones. One zone has only one pop up as the zone (might be handy later). The pop ups are the A&A type 2 standard high flow.
Running an EZ2Stage pump 1hp
It has a cyclone on it and a 400 sq ft cartridge filter and a ic60 salt water generator and a blue square valve running the floor. 2” lines throughout except what is coming into the pump. That’s been reduced to 1.5” but it’s 2” to the cyclone all the way to the blue square. Everything has been replaced except the pump.
The pool was in bad shape, it had a 120sq cartridge filter on it, a salt water generator that was dead, and the old gould valve on it.
I have been struggling big time with this pool and I discussed it with a pro and he said the filter was way too small and that I should also get a 400sq ft and a cyclone. I just switched all of this out with new plumbing, filter, cyclone, SWG, and blue square. I’ve never seen so much flow from this pool, it’s excellent....until it isn’t.
My problem is too much flow. There is so much pressure and I think the main issue might be the blue square but I could be completely wrong here. What happens is the filter shows about 7.5psi when switching to another zone so essentially two zones are semi open at the time, when it lands on one zone the pressure goes up to as much as 25 or 30 (especially for the single zone pop up). So what’s happening here is the pressure is to high for the SWG so it throws flashing lights and complains, then the blue square somehow just decided it’s not going to move to the next zone so it just sits there on the same zone with high pressure on the filter. Also, I’m not 100% sure but I think the “low” setting on the pump doesn’t work properly. The filter shows 0 psi when the low is running. Also, there is no other water return in this pool that I’m aware of.
This has been running for literally one night since install so the filter is nice and clean, that’s not the problem, besides that would prevent flow I’m guessing? Also, when I run the aerator it has tons of pressure, I can literally spray the top of the house if I turn it open all the way. I did pull all of the heads out to clear debris as well. Just to be sure that wasn’t my issue.
some thoughts in my head are:
1. slow the pump down, maybe switch it to a variable speed, just spent $2500+ between the filter, IC60, and the cyclone so it would be nice not to spend more, I will if it’ll be the right thing to finally get this cruising right.
2. switch the heads to A&A Gamma heads so I can get that 9/16” opening and that might help. The problem I see with this solution is the zone with only one head. So I don’t think that’s going to fix this issue.
So did I screw everything up trying to do what I thought was being an awesome owner?
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