Intellicenter Feature Circuit Unresposive

[MyAZPool]

Thanks for taking the measurements. I'm surprised in the disparities.

@pjt
Yea, I was too, until I learned a bit more about it from those guys on that thread that I linked to.
This is kind of what I understand.

The pump only knows one thing. It knows how fast it's turning (RPM). It doesn't have a watt meter or a flow meter on-board.
Instead, it merely takes the RPM and uses "algorithms", to calculate and report power usage and flow. Both ends of the curve are less accurate than the 1000-2500 rpm range.
Guess that's why the disparities between more accurate methods of measuring power usage and flow and what the pump reports.

I think that's the "readers digest" version anyway.
Thanks...
r..

 

[BradK]

@MyAZPool , I’ll add a little more context since reviewing some of your posts provided insight on issues not necessarily related the particular issue in the the thread. My spa fountain was shooting water out of the spa onto the ground around the pool during prime sequence on startup when the sheer descent was closed. I keep the sheer descent closed most of the time since it doesn’t perform as expected most the time at the flows I typically operate at (breaks in the waterfall unless flowing exceptionally high volume, dribble down the wall at min typical) and seems to add to acid requirements due to aeration. I addressed the issue by sending water to both the pool and spa returns in addition to the spa fountain from the pool, decreasing the overall restriction. I was trying to use high flow to see how everything landed. Long story short: I really should have listened to everybody on this forum dismissing the value of water features if I wanted a low energy system.