I'm the first owner of a fully Pentair-equipped lap pool, 12K gallons. I'm new to pool ownership too, so have been "learning as things break".
Two weeks after the 3 year warranty ended, my heater broke. Pentair authorized the repair, under conditions that would be the last warranty repair. Lots of parts replaced, and back in service for the fall heating season. Great!
Now, one month later, the single speed pump is much louder--it's now a higher-pitched than normal, constant sound, no grinding or rattling, and definitely coming from the motor, no evidence of water leaking.
I'd like to transition to a quieter, more energy efficient VS pump rather than investing in repair of the 3.1 year old pump. It's supposed to be all 2" piping, 2 skimmers, 2 floor drains, and about 90 feet from the pump to middle of the pool. I note that the main drain return entering the valve to the pump is 2.5".
However, this may be part of a cycle of planned "right-sizing" of my builder-selected equipment, as filter and heater are large for the pool and the tethered pressure-side cleaner has some trouble with a lap pool shape (its mounted to wall in the direct middle of the pool, and tends to get trapped at one or the other end).
My questions:
1) Which Pentair VS pump is recommended for my small pool
2) Does the large size of my pool filter raise the minimum flow rate?
3) Does the pressure side booster pump cleaner (Racer LS) raise the minimum flow rate?
3) Does the 400K heater raise the minimum flow rate?
4) Should I add a (for example) Blue-white Flowmeter for 2 in PVC Pipe, horizontal installation, so I have some idea of actual flow rates?
5) Pump is running, but noisy. Aside from the noise--is this super urgent, or might it keep going like this for a long time?
attached is pad pic
Thanks so much for your consideration.
Ed
Two weeks after the 3 year warranty ended, my heater broke. Pentair authorized the repair, under conditions that would be the last warranty repair. Lots of parts replaced, and back in service for the fall heating season. Great!
Now, one month later, the single speed pump is much louder--it's now a higher-pitched than normal, constant sound, no grinding or rattling, and definitely coming from the motor, no evidence of water leaking.
I'd like to transition to a quieter, more energy efficient VS pump rather than investing in repair of the 3.1 year old pump. It's supposed to be all 2" piping, 2 skimmers, 2 floor drains, and about 90 feet from the pump to middle of the pool. I note that the main drain return entering the valve to the pump is 2.5".
However, this may be part of a cycle of planned "right-sizing" of my builder-selected equipment, as filter and heater are large for the pool and the tethered pressure-side cleaner has some trouble with a lap pool shape (its mounted to wall in the direct middle of the pool, and tends to get trapped at one or the other end).
My questions:
1) Which Pentair VS pump is recommended for my small pool
2) Does the large size of my pool filter raise the minimum flow rate?
3) Does the pressure side booster pump cleaner (Racer LS) raise the minimum flow rate?
3) Does the 400K heater raise the minimum flow rate?
4) Should I add a (for example) Blue-white Flowmeter for 2 in PVC Pipe, horizontal installation, so I have some idea of actual flow rates?
5) Pump is running, but noisy. Aside from the noise--is this super urgent, or might it keep going like this for a long time?
attached is pad pic
Thanks so much for your consideration.
Ed
