Hayward Northstar pump install: Review

[salinda]

I LOVE the heater. My spa heats from stone cold in 15 minutes or less. I love having no pilot light. The heater is smaller than my old one, but very high power. Our gas costs are high too, so I figured it costs about $6/hour to run the gas heater. I also only run the gas to heat the pool before a big party or in the early morning. I am not using all of the heater's controls though...my Jandy Aqualink controls the setpoints etc.

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[mwsmith2]

Awesome. Man, this thread has turned out to be a real gold mine for me. I've got great info on a pump, confirmation of that and good info on the sta-rite. Thanks guys, my wallet is going to be screaming for mercy soon!

Michael

[Davenj]

I also have a Northstar 2hp 2spd pump. Very happy with it. Sand filter 500lb and 2 1/2 piping. 4 returns, 2 step jets, 2 swim out jets, spill over spa. High speed 20psi and low is 8. Run it on high 1hr to start then low for 8hrs an high again for 1 hr. This gets the spill over going and moves everything to the skimmers. The low speed works well for the SWG and filtering.
Was a bit scary to see the Sand filter and pump lid flex when you change speeds thou. Moves an amazing amount of water.