Replacing a Dead Pump Motor

Our pump motor just died so now I'm trying to figure out what to replace it with. We have a 30ft 20,000 gal above ground pool with a Hayward 24" sand filter and a now dead 2HP Hayward EP1550LX. Should replace it with the same model, or do you have suggestions for a better solution than what the installers originally put in place.

A few weeks ago I plugged the pump into a timer that would turn the pump on for 3 hours and then off for 3 hours throughout the day. Before we starting using the timer, we would just let the pump run most of the time. I installed the timer as an attempt to save energy and money. Could the timer cutting power to the pump have contributed to the pump dying?

Thanks!

Ok, I've been looking at Hayward pumps and it seems like the Power-Flo XL and Power-Flo Matrix are popular for above ground pools and the Super Pump popular for the in ground pools. The price differs greatly between the same "HP" rating in each. A 3/4 HP Super Pump is more than double the cost of a 1.5 HP Power-Flo. Do they just make these HP rating up? It makes choosing a pump more difficult.

Yeah, pump and filter ratings are driven more by marketing concerns than by a desire to accurately represent performance.

The Hayward Super Pump is an old line inground pump, that has been very durable and reliable. The Power-Flo pumps are much newer and are above ground pumps -- which means the horsepower ratings have no particular meaning that I've been able to figure out.

A 3/4 HP Super Pump would work well with most 24" sand filters. If you want to be REALLY efficient, getting a 2 speed Super Pump will give you better filtration AND lower electrical operating costs. But 2 speed pumps for IG pools are almost always 220V, and few AG pools have 220V feeds.

A 2 speed PowerFlo Matrix, like this one:

Hayward SP15922S Power-Flo Matrix Above-Ground Pump 2-Speed @ Amazon

could perform well with a 24" sand filter. Here's the Hayward page for that series: Hayward PowerFlo Matrix, and the flow table:
http://www.hayward-pool.com/images/p...x_perfdata.gif


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Great. I was just looking at this two speed pump. Thanks.