Questions on changing to a 2 speed motor on a Hayward Super II pump

[keastman]

Ben, yeah, I gets it makes more sense just to unscrew all the the head and let them free flow through the zones. It should make for a heck of a waterfall out of the spa for that zone. The ones on the steps and spill out for the spa would be left intact so I don't have a geyser situation.

I'll get some pics of the whole shebang and send them to you.

I'm just trying to improve the situation as inexpensively as possible and hopefully make pool maintenance life easier. Yes, "inexpensive" and pool is kind of an oxymoron.

[PoolDoc]

I'm just trying to improve the situation as inexpensively as possible and hopefully make pool maintenance life easier. Yes, "inexpensive" and pool is kind of an oxymoron.

In ground pools aren't cheap.

That's one reason I like the Intex pools so much: they ARE cheap, and still are pretty functional pools that allow a LOT of people to enjoy a real pools, who otherwise couldn't do so.

[BigDave]

Not True!
Intex pools are "Gateway" pools that drag unsuspecting homeowners bit by bit into the debauched life of pool owners. My first Intex was $70 at Toys R Us, within the first year I bought a $300 cleaning robot, the next year it was a $250 pool with a $150 filter/pump and a half ton of sand and a week of landscaping. A year or two after that I had to get a "real pool", then Solar heat then new pump then...

But really, I couldn't be happier. The joy my family's had in the big blue bags of water through the 12 x24 AG oval we have now (and the somewhat larger IG we'd love to build soon) has been worth every penny and every minute. The experience of each step has made it easy for me to commit to the next with confidence (mostly because of this forum).

I do remember a time when Ben was very uncomfortable with us Blue Bag types with our low budgets and bad filtration. However, the simple truth behind the pool care methods described here brought us along despite Ben's reservations.

Sorry for the off topic ?rant?

[keastman]

Ben, I got the pics you wanted and sent them

[keastman]

Anyone have any suggestions on where to go on this?

I've got another pump motor question. My Super Pump II has a 2 hp motor with a sf of 1. I've found a 2 speed 1 1/2 hp motor with a sf of 1.3. If I calculated correctly that's a hp of 1.95. Would that be a near equivalent of my present 2 hp motor, or am I not understanding the sf comparison?

[PoolDoc]

Are these they?

[PoolDoc]

So far, this is merely a reference post. I'm asking Mark and Al to take a look.

EB2982T prices
http://www.americanbestpoolsupply.com/detail/129176.htm
http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/pools...ts/EB2982T.htm


http://www.poolsupplyworld.com/blog/...pump_motor.htm

https://www.google.com/search?q=EB2982T

Motion Industries Item page

http://www.usmotors.com/Our-Products/Pool-Spa.aspx

2EZ install manual

http://www.usmotors.com/Our-Products...2EZ_Speed.ashx

[keastman]

Ben, those are pictures I sent you a while back, but I sent the ones you requested of the pool, spa, and quick clean controller a couple of days ago. I can resend them if they didn't make it. Thanks, Kevin