Need Advice! Help!

[Dawnadair]

Hello, I was doing good but failing miserably now. I have a Pentair Intelliflo VSP3. Our pool guy at the time put it in after the hurricane. I also have a Hayward filter and my pool is 10 x24 and 5 feet deep. I believe the gallons came out to 10,300. We lost power awhile back and the settings have not been right since, sometimes close but not right. I also have the Pentair app to control my pool. However the app runs with RPM not GPM which I have. Also has speed control. I have done a lot of research but still having adjustment issues. I contacted Pentair the first time the setting advice was pretty good. Power out again, second time the advice was to set only the speed to 100 and he said not to do anything with the GPM? that it would set itself. Well, it sets off the system alert, most all information I find people are talking about RPM not GPM and Im confused what SWG means? Salt water maybe which I don't have. I have a disabled veteran husband that can't figure it out and trying you wisdom before I have to spend money we really don't have so any help will be very appreciated. I would also like to add when it was put in 1 2023 the water in the jets would come out very strong with bubbling force and now hardly don;t know what that could mean. Thank you in advance.

1. What should GPM flow settings be?
2. Speed Settings?
3. Should I run GPM and Set Speed to 0? or vice versa?
4. Could main drain be an issue? not getting settings right is me fighting a green pool more then I should. I got the chemicals just need to get settings right
5. I have lubed the gasket on the filter and the basket on the pump
6.Pictures are the handles on the PVC pipes in line correctly? for main drain?

 

[Bperry]

Hello, I was doing good but failing miserably now. I have a Pentair Intelliflo VSP3. Our pool guy at the time put it in after the hurricane. I also have a Hayward filter and my pool is 10 x24 and 5 feet deep. I believe the gallons came out to 10,300. We lost power awhile back and the settings have not been right since, sometimes close but not right. I also have the Pentair app to control my pool. However the app runs with RPM not GPM which I have. Also has speed control. I have done a lot of research but still having adjustment issues. I contacted Pentair the first time the setting advice was pretty good. Power out again, second time the advice was to set only the speed to 100 and he said not to do anything with the GPM? that it would set itself. Well, it sets off the system alert, most all information I find people are talking about RPM not GPM and Im confused what SWG means? Salt water maybe which I don't have. I have a disabled veteran husband that can't figure it out and trying you wisdom before I have to spend money we really don't have so any help will be very appreciated. I would also like to add when it was put in 1 2023 the water in the jets would come out very strong with bubbling force and now hardly don;t know what that could mean. Thank you in advance.

1. What should GPM flow settings be?
2. Speed Settings?
3. Should I run GPM and Set Speed to 0? or vice versa?
4. Could main drain be an issue? not getting settings right is me fighting a green pool more then I should. I got the chemicals just need to get settings right
5. I have lubed the gasket on the filter and the basket on the pump
6.Pictures are the handles on the PVC pipes in line correctly? for main drain?

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Hi there, the SWG acronym is for a salt water chlorinator. If you don’t have one, you can ignore that.

The GPM is not a useful measurement for what you need. You can set your pump speed to as slow as possible in RPM and still do the things you need, like skimming, heating the pool, etc. different equipment has different flow requirements and you will find it easier to use RPM. The slower the pump speed you can get away with, the more money you save on electricity.

 

[wireform]

Just looking at the pictures and you have a tab feeder and that doesn't surprise me when you mention fighting a green pool to often. Does you pressure gauge on the filter rest at "0" when the system is off. Get the pump operational with the rpm then we can pursue from there. Just for good read I dropped a link.
Pool Care Basics

 

[1poolman1]

Hello, I was doing good but failing miserably now. I have a Pentair Intelliflo VSP3. Our pool guy at the time put it in after the hurricane. I also have a Hayward filter and my pool is 10 x24 and 5 feet deep. I believe the gallons came out to 10,300. We lost power awhile back and the settings have not been right since, sometimes close but not right. I also have the Pentair app to control my pool. However the app runs with RPM not GPM which I have. Also has speed control. I have done a lot of research but still having adjustment issues. I contacted Pentair the first time the setting advice was pretty good. Power out again, second time the advice was to set only the speed to 100 and he said not to do anything with the GPM? that it would set itself. Well, it sets off the system alert, most all information I find people are talking about RPM not GPM and Im confused what SWG means? Salt water maybe which I don't have. I have a disabled veteran husband that can't figure it out and trying you wisdom before I have to spend money we really don't have so any help will be very appreciated. I would also like to add when it was put in 1 2023 the water in the jets would come out very strong with bubbling force and now hardly don;t know what that could mean. Thank you in advance.

1. What should GPM flow settings be?
2. Speed Settings?
3. Should I run GPM and Set Speed to 0? or vice versa?
4. Could main drain be an issue? not getting settings right is me fighting a green pool more then I should. I got the chemicals just need to get settings right
5. I have lubed the gasket on the filter and the basket on the pump
6.Pictures are the handles on the PVC pipes in line correctly? for main drain?

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You have shut one of the suction ports completely "off" (closed). Is that for a pool cleaner?
If it is the skimmer port your pool will be dirtier than you want. It is better for a pool to skim than to pull water off the bottom.
Setting a speed to 0 will just stop the pump from running. You could run that pump at 1200RPM 24/7 and find that your electric bill is still very small with regard to the pool and the water will be much cleaner, especially with that "Florida-sized" filter (probably 90 - 100sq. ft.). There is no real reason to worry about GPM in a residential pool setting, just a speed that works for your pool.