Plumbing question

[Jon_Snow]

Hi All!

I recently bought a new pump to replace the one that failed. In the process of installing it, I needed to reconfigure some of the plumbing. I've read that ideally the inlet and outlet pipe length should be at least a 5x the diameter of the pipe. In my case 10". How critical is this rule of thumb? I was able to redo my plumbing to achieve that for the inlet side but for the outlet side if I go up the 10" I'll need to introduce a 3rd 90 degree elbow to get back to the proper height of the multi-part on the filter. The height differential between the top of the pump and the multi-port is about 5". (And to those astute observers, yes I did glue the elbow without the union collar. Inyopools was kind enough to send me a replacement).

Thanks!

 

[bdavis466]

Neither are all that important. The inlet is negated by the strainer basket and the outlet is insignificant. You should be fine

 

[Jon_Snow]

Thanks. I'll go with what's easy then.

I appreciate the quick response.

 

[Teald024]

To answer your question, the pipe lengths at the inlet & outlet aren't too important on pool pumps.

Make sure you can access the pump controls with the piping in the desired configuration. You need to be at least able to open the cover. I'm not sure I'd want that pipe right over the panel and getting in the way. Adding an extra 90 or two to prevent this would be worth it.

 

[Jon_Snow]

Yeah that's a good point and I thought about that too. It's reassuring to hear that adding a couple extra 90s won't be that big of a deal. I might just do what you suggest.

Thanks for everyone's input. Really appreciate it.