Quote Originally Posted by chem geek View Post
I switched to 4-wheel pressure The Pool Cleaner when I switched to a Pentair Intelliflo VF pump. Prior to that I had a single-speed pump and a separate booster pump for a Letro Legend pool cleaner. I'm very happy with The Pool Cleaner, but I have a cover on the pool most of the time so don't get a lot of debris. I clean out the cleaner bag no more than once a week and can usually go longer between emptying the bag. When the cleaner is on, it's at 15 GPM, 2180 RPM, 540 Watts for 2 hours each night (I have a Jandy valve that switches the main pump to a dedicated line for the cleaner). I don't need to run it that often, but I never know which day is going to get the debris and my wife swims nearly every day and doesn't want debris in the pool. When the solar is on at 48 GPM that's 1500 Watts and when it is off at 26 GPM it's 300 Watts.
Hi Richard, just backing up on this thread. Is the 48GPM what is required by the solar for good heat transfer?
What are the gauge pressures for your flow rates?
As we have discussed before elsewhere the additional 1200 watts to run your pump for solar heating could, if put through an air source heat pump produce almost 6000 watts of heat for your pool. not sure what kind of output you get?
By way of comparison roughly 26 GPM 55 Watts 1700 RPM