Hello,
I am in Central FL, and have a 15K Gallon pool with a solar heater. The heater is automatic, with a powered Jandy valve and an old (~20 year) Hayward/Goldline 35 controller. The pump is a Hayward Super Pump II, 1HP.
The pump quit today. I'm planning to either swap the motor, or upgrade to a variable speed. The thing that holds me back from the variable speed is I haven't found how to make a VSP communicate to the solar. I can think of 2 ways to do it:
1 - schedule high speed pump for certain part of the day, and have solar controller/valve power on only during high speed. Would a pump be able to send power to the controller on only at high speed?
2 - have pump only spin up to high speed when solar is activated. I suspect this will need a new controller, and likely some automation system in addition to the pump. I haven't been able to figure out what parts would be needed for this config.
I am not wild about getting the pump and an automation system, as the solar valve is the only thing automated, with no plans to add features. Is there a simple/straight forward way for a solar controller to communicate with a variable speed pump to spin it up on demand?
Thank you!
I am in Central FL, and have a 15K Gallon pool with a solar heater. The heater is automatic, with a powered Jandy valve and an old (~20 year) Hayward/Goldline 35 controller. The pump is a Hayward Super Pump II, 1HP.
The pump quit today. I'm planning to either swap the motor, or upgrade to a variable speed. The thing that holds me back from the variable speed is I haven't found how to make a VSP communicate to the solar. I can think of 2 ways to do it:
1 - schedule high speed pump for certain part of the day, and have solar controller/valve power on only during high speed. Would a pump be able to send power to the controller on only at high speed?
2 - have pump only spin up to high speed when solar is activated. I suspect this will need a new controller, and likely some automation system in addition to the pump. I haven't been able to figure out what parts would be needed for this config.
I am not wild about getting the pump and an automation system, as the solar valve is the only thing automated, with no plans to add features. Is there a simple/straight forward way for a solar controller to communicate with a variable speed pump to spin it up on demand?
Thank you!