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Revision as of 21:24, 30 November 2022
Booster pumps are a specialty 3/4 horsepower pump for pressure side pool cleaners. You will find Polaris/Jandy, Hayward, and Pentair each have a standard 3/4 Horsepower pump and an newer "Energy Efficient" model pump. Since booster pumps are typically run for a few hours per day at most you will need to decide the value of an energy efficient booster pump for your pool.
A Pool Professional member tested, on several occasions, the Polaris PB4SQ and Pentair LA-MS05 Boost Rite with a true watt meter to show customers and found both use about 45% less energy than a standard booster.[1]
Booster pumps can be connected to the pool plumbing using using flexible hose and hose barbs or hard piped and unions.
- Polaris (Jandy) PB4-60 pump
- Polaris PB4SQ pump.
- Hayward 6060 booster pump.
- Hayward Booster Pump 300.
- Pentair LA01N pump
- Pentair LA-MS05 Boost-Rite booster
- Waterway Universal Booster pump
All of the booster pumps are 3/4 horsepower single speed pumps.
Some pool builders use 1.5" plumbing all the way to the dedicated cleaner port in a pool. They can be used for suction or pressure cleaners depending on what comes out of the ground. Othershave 3/4" plumbing coming out of the ground that can't be converted to suction-type cleaners. Other builders used 3/4" - 1" plumbing all the way to the pool as they never intended anything other than the original Arneson Pool Sweep to be used (Polaris wasn't out yet).[2]
