Teald024...I appreciate your expertise, and the expertise of all the others who have contributed to this thread. Your advice and encouragement has been a great help to me in my plumbing journey and has lead me to better understand plumbing and the direction I should go. (A few years ago I had the same exhausting discussion when selecting the Pentair pump/filter combo) I do understand what you're saying though. At some point enough is enough....
Whenever I ask a question, I am reminded of the importance of research into the basics once again. (Pool School and Hydraulics 101,for example.) Expanding my knowledge base is always a fun thought exercise, and as a bonus, I am able to put that knowledge to practical use in my own backyard, in my own pool. But in the end, whether the pool is 12 x 24 AGP or a 24 x 48 IGP we all want the same thing, to get the most out of our equipment and to keep our water crystal clear.
I'm not too worried about squeezing every last ounce of efficiency out of the system, but assuring that what I've done makes best use of the equipment I have and that I'm getting the best value for the money I've spent. It would be a shame to bury 50 feet of PVC, move a power source, and connect everything up only to find I had better results with my little Intex sand filter. And thinking towards the future, will what I have done now be enough if I were to upgrade to an AGP pool twice the size I have now. The Pentair pump/filter AGP combo I purchased was with that in mind.
In your last sentence...."And to put the exclamation point on it, you will likely be running on low speed most of the time. Water flows and velocities will be well below the limits and all this will be mute points of design limits."....I get it. At some point a design can reach maximum efficiency and continuing to add larger pipe and more pipe runs is of no value. More and more may not do any harm, but will not add anything to the design or it's efficiency.
What I have been able to do, and what all of you all have helped me to do, is to better understand why a certain plumbing plan is better than another, and how much is too much..
Thanks again....Let the digging begin!!!
Whenever I ask a question, I am reminded of the importance of research into the basics once again. (Pool School and Hydraulics 101,for example.) Expanding my knowledge base is always a fun thought exercise, and as a bonus, I am able to put that knowledge to practical use in my own backyard, in my own pool. But in the end, whether the pool is 12 x 24 AGP or a 24 x 48 IGP we all want the same thing, to get the most out of our equipment and to keep our water crystal clear.
I'm not too worried about squeezing every last ounce of efficiency out of the system, but assuring that what I've done makes best use of the equipment I have and that I'm getting the best value for the money I've spent. It would be a shame to bury 50 feet of PVC, move a power source, and connect everything up only to find I had better results with my little Intex sand filter. And thinking towards the future, will what I have done now be enough if I were to upgrade to an AGP pool twice the size I have now. The Pentair pump/filter AGP combo I purchased was with that in mind.
In your last sentence...."And to put the exclamation point on it, you will likely be running on low speed most of the time. Water flows and velocities will be well below the limits and all this will be mute points of design limits."....I get it. At some point a design can reach maximum efficiency and continuing to add larger pipe and more pipe runs is of no value. More and more may not do any harm, but will not add anything to the design or it's efficiency.
What I have been able to do, and what all of you all have helped me to do, is to better understand why a certain plumbing plan is better than another, and how much is too much..
Thanks again....Let the digging begin!!!
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... Your post #40 got me thinking....in that post you mentioned this:
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