I currently have a booster pump (0.75 HP) and a Letro Legend and have scheduled my PB to change my main pump from a fixed-speed 1.0 HP to a variable-speed Intelliflow. I had asked him if there was a pool cleaner that could run with just the one pump (either suction side or pressure side) and he recommended The Pool Cleaner (pressure side) and said he was skeptical at first but tried it in his own pool and loves it and has several customers who now use it as well.

Since I already have a dedicated line for the booster pump, he will pipe that into the return lines with an electric multi-way valve so an appropriate amount of flow can go to The Pool Cleaner and with the variable speed pump we can set up a program to increase (or decrease) the flow rate as needed when this cleaner is running. This combination should save a LOT of energy. I currently spend around $1400 per year in electric costs for the two pumps (7 months of summer use with 8-hour main pump time plus 3-hour 4-day-per-week booster pump time; 5 months of winter use with 2-hour main pump time plus 1-hour 2-day-per-week booster pump time). The new setup should save me a LOT of money -- at least $1000 per year.

Richard