When visiting a friends house in St. George, Utah, I took a look at their new pool install: 4800 gallons, plaster, about 4ft deep, automated pool cover. Then I took a look at the equipment and was shocked to see three pumps, two of them variable speed! Check out the photo. All Pentair equipment, EasyTouch 8, IC20(?) SWG, IntelliChem pH control. The constant-speed pump is only for the water feature (don't know if there is a pool cover interlock). Flow is really too high but no ability to throttle it back. St. George gets colder than my Vegas home, so pipes without freeze protection will have a problem I'd think. The equipment is on a south-facing wall, extremely hot -- over 130 degrees last week. In-floor cleaner on the pump with the filter and IntelliChem. Other variable-speed pump is circulation only to eye-ball outputs, without filtration or IntelliChem.
My gut reaction is their pool installer sold my friend a very expensive and questionable system. Couldn't this be accomplished with a single variable-speed pump and motorized valves?
Just looking for comments here, and the curiosity others may have regarding equipment. Oh, and their pool gets way too hot with the cover closed, like 94 degrees.
My gut reaction is their pool installer sold my friend a very expensive and questionable system. Couldn't this be accomplished with a single variable-speed pump and motorized valves?
Just looking for comments here, and the curiosity others may have regarding equipment. Oh, and their pool gets way too hot with the cover closed, like 94 degrees.
