After a very successful year on LC, I'm now interested in installing a Stenner pump for this season. I have reviewed many of the posts on this site (and will continue) but as of now I'm considering either a 45MPHP10 fixed pump with 15 gallon tank (mainly because it's easy to find) but was also interested in the Econ T with integrated timer. But I think the Econ T might be more expensive, and there may not be a big benefit over a lamp timer in my case because if there is a power outage my pool pump clock will reset to midnight anyway. So fail safe timer synchronization may be tricky, but I will save that discussion for a little later along with some questions on the actual pump selection.
Initially I'm seeking some short term advice/confirmation on the location and configuration of the injector port. Since I need to have a slow leak in my pool auto fill plumbing addressed now, I wanted to have the plumber go ahead and install a fitting for the Stenner injector port while he is here.
I have attached a picture of my equipment. 2 possible locations for the port would be either on the main 2" pipe that exits the pump or the 1-1/2" pipe after the split that goes to the pool inlet ports. The other side of the 1-1/2" pipe goes to the waterfall. We only use the waterfall occasionally and it would unlikely be at the same time that chlorine is being injected. I think there is room to install the pump in the corner of the alcove to the left of the pump. Any thoughts on which port location would be preferred?
Which ever location, what I would like to do for the injection port is install a slip tee with a 1/2" outlet, then a 1/2" ball valve and then a 1/2" adapter to a 1/4" pipe thread. The parts are shown in the second picture. This way I could close the valve anytime I wanted to disconnect the pump system for cleaning or repairs and continue to run the pool normally. Also I could take my time deciding which pump to get and shop for best price. Any thoughts on possible problems with that or considerations I might be missing? Any advice is appreciated!
Initially I'm seeking some short term advice/confirmation on the location and configuration of the injector port. Since I need to have a slow leak in my pool auto fill plumbing addressed now, I wanted to have the plumber go ahead and install a fitting for the Stenner injector port while he is here.
I have attached a picture of my equipment. 2 possible locations for the port would be either on the main 2" pipe that exits the pump or the 1-1/2" pipe after the split that goes to the pool inlet ports. The other side of the 1-1/2" pipe goes to the waterfall. We only use the waterfall occasionally and it would unlikely be at the same time that chlorine is being injected. I think there is room to install the pump in the corner of the alcove to the left of the pump. Any thoughts on which port location would be preferred?
Which ever location, what I would like to do for the injection port is install a slip tee with a 1/2" outlet, then a 1/2" ball valve and then a 1/2" adapter to a 1/4" pipe thread. The parts are shown in the second picture. This way I could close the valve anytime I wanted to disconnect the pump system for cleaning or repairs and continue to run the pool normally. Also I could take my time deciding which pump to get and shop for best price. Any thoughts on possible problems with that or considerations I might be missing? Any advice is appreciated!
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