- Jun 19, 2014
- 27
- Pool Size
- 20000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Liquid Chlorine
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I just don't know whether this issue is really important, but I believe it's better to ask first than to find out later I could have made a better choice.
The shell of my old Tagelus 100D cracked & couldn't be repaired. And it took a LONG time to find a source for my preferred replacement filter, a Pentair C&C 420 cartridge unit (everyone local was sold out of just about every filter).
But now I have received that new filter; I've gotten the sand out of & removed the old Tagelus from the concrete pad. So now I'm ready to set the new C&C 420 filter on the pad just to the left of my existing IntelliFlo 2 VST pump & do the plumbing.
[I've marked-up & attached a photo of my equipment & pad to show where this new filter will go & where the existing piping & equipment are now located.]
However, before I "lock" everything in place with that plumbing, I'd like to know what issues I ought to take into account regarding the directional orientation of this new filter in relation to the pump, its outflow piping, or the direction of the filter's drain output . . . particularly because I have no prior experience with using a cartridge filter.
On this new filter, the inlet port, outlet port, & drain cap are in the same vertical plane ("the Line"), and its inlet/outlet ports are much lower in height than were the ports on the old Tagelus's multiport valve. So I know I'll be cutting down a lot of the existing piping before running new 2" PVC pipes to/from those lower 2" ports on the filter.
Initially, it seemed to me that orienting the filter with the Line facing right (toward the pump) would provide the most efficient plumbing route FROM the pump to the filter (just one elbow & one short, straight pipe). But that also will produce a less efficient plumbing route FROM the filter to the Pool (requiring at least 3 elbows) because the supply pipe to the Pool is out in front of the pad. That made me realize that I have no idea whether such plumbing "efficiency" is more important going into the filter or coming out of the filter, if they're of identical importance, or even whether such plumbing efficiency "planning" has such a small impact on system performance that it's nothing to be concerned about.
Of course, if I knew such efficiency is of equal importance for both filter input & output, then by rotating the filter to the right only 45 degrees (instead of 90 degrees) should make both routes essentially identical.
Then I next thought about the drain. I've never had a cartridge filter before, so I don't know how often to expect I'll have to open the drain cap, nor whether I should be concerned about having drainingvwater being directed at or in the general direction of the pump.
And, as always, I don't know what else I don't know.
Perhaps this all is just "over-thinking" about issues that really aren't problems Nevertheless, whenever I do something new, the old maxim "Measure Once, Cut Once" comes to mind. So any information, advice, or recommendations from those with more experience will be greatly appreciated.
The shell of my old Tagelus 100D cracked & couldn't be repaired. And it took a LONG time to find a source for my preferred replacement filter, a Pentair C&C 420 cartridge unit (everyone local was sold out of just about every filter).
But now I have received that new filter; I've gotten the sand out of & removed the old Tagelus from the concrete pad. So now I'm ready to set the new C&C 420 filter on the pad just to the left of my existing IntelliFlo 2 VST pump & do the plumbing.
[I've marked-up & attached a photo of my equipment & pad to show where this new filter will go & where the existing piping & equipment are now located.]
However, before I "lock" everything in place with that plumbing, I'd like to know what issues I ought to take into account regarding the directional orientation of this new filter in relation to the pump, its outflow piping, or the direction of the filter's drain output . . . particularly because I have no prior experience with using a cartridge filter.
On this new filter, the inlet port, outlet port, & drain cap are in the same vertical plane ("the Line"), and its inlet/outlet ports are much lower in height than were the ports on the old Tagelus's multiport valve. So I know I'll be cutting down a lot of the existing piping before running new 2" PVC pipes to/from those lower 2" ports on the filter.
Initially, it seemed to me that orienting the filter with the Line facing right (toward the pump) would provide the most efficient plumbing route FROM the pump to the filter (just one elbow & one short, straight pipe). But that also will produce a less efficient plumbing route FROM the filter to the Pool (requiring at least 3 elbows) because the supply pipe to the Pool is out in front of the pad. That made me realize that I have no idea whether such plumbing "efficiency" is more important going into the filter or coming out of the filter, if they're of identical importance, or even whether such plumbing efficiency "planning" has such a small impact on system performance that it's nothing to be concerned about.
Of course, if I knew such efficiency is of equal importance for both filter input & output, then by rotating the filter to the right only 45 degrees (instead of 90 degrees) should make both routes essentially identical.
Then I next thought about the drain. I've never had a cartridge filter before, so I don't know how often to expect I'll have to open the drain cap, nor whether I should be concerned about having drainingvwater being directed at or in the general direction of the pump.
And, as always, I don't know what else I don't know.
Perhaps this all is just "over-thinking" about issues that really aren't problems Nevertheless, whenever I do something new, the old maxim "Measure Once, Cut Once" comes to mind. So any information, advice, or recommendations from those with more experience will be greatly appreciated.