My Jandy VS 1.65 horsepower pump has bit the dust - pool company says it's due to a corroded shaft. It's less than 7 years old. I'm considering the Circupool VS as a replacement. Circupool says to get the 3 horsepower model, but my pool company says that's too strong for my DE filter. First, how has the Circupool VS been holding up if you have one (or a Calimar which seems to be the same). Second, should I listen to the pool company and get a lower horsepower model?
Replacing Jandy VS for ?
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- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
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- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Your Pool Company is clueless in how a VS pump should be operated.
You would rarely to never run the 3 HP at full RPMs. You run a VS pump low and slow. A VS pump is a variable HP pump. You run it for the flow your devices. But having a 3 HP pump will use less energy and be quieter at those flow rates.
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If you do not care about the VS pump being controlled by Jandy automation then the Circupool will be fine.
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You would rarely to never run the 3 HP at full RPMs. You run a VS pump low and slow. A VS pump is a variable HP pump. You run it for the flow your devices. But having a 3 HP pump will use less energy and be quieter at those flow rates.
Pump Basics - Further Reading
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If you do not care about the VS pump being controlled by Jandy automation then the Circupool will be fine.
Calimar/Circupool/BD/Blue Torrent Pump - Further Reading
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As Allen points out above... your pool builder is an idiot...
A 3 HP single speed pump would be too large for your pool.. But a 3 HP VS pump is perfect..
The whole idea of having a VS pump is to run it as slow as you can, and still get the job done.. The larger the pump, the slower it can run, and still move a lot of water. The slower it runs, the less it costs.. The slower it runs, the quieter it is..
There is just no such thing as a VS pool pump that is too big!!!
Go big or go home..
Thanks,
Jim R.
As Allen points out above... your pool builder is an idiot...
A 3 HP single speed pump would be too large for your pool.. But a 3 HP VS pump is perfect..
The whole idea of having a VS pump is to run it as slow as you can, and still get the job done.. The larger the pump, the slower it can run, and still move a lot of water. The slower it runs, the less it costs.. The slower it runs, the quieter it is..
There is just no such thing as a VS pool pump that is too big!!!
Go big or go home..
Thanks,
Jim R.
Thanks guys! The pool company was making me second guess myself. So I turned to TFP immediately for the voice of reason. I've been so happy with my Circupool SWG - the same one this pool company tried to talk me out of several years ago because they had "never heard of the company."