Replacing hayward CL220 with rainbow 300

[aylad]

I have the Rainbow, and am in my 7th season with it. I've replaced the o-ring one time, and that's it, maintainence wise. My pool stays open year-round. Although I only use trichlor pucks during the swim season until my CYA gets where I want it, the rest of the time when it's empty I set the dial at "wide open" to flush it and keep the lines from clogging. So far, (knocking on wood), it's been no trouble at all.

Janet

[markphin]

I had a Hayward for 4 years. It is faulty from the factory in the design of the o ring on the ring of the lid. every time you open and close the lid the o-ring streches until it streches to the point of not sealing. i would go through two per season. I kept taking them back to Leslie's and claiming they were faulty. so i never paid for them, but just got fed up. I to bought a rainbow 300 two seasons ago and it works great. Use the 1" pucks though, they seem to disolve better than the 3".

[poolrescue30]

MARKPHIN,

Did the Rainbow 300 use the same "tap holes" in the PVC pipe as the hayward did ?? I just want to know if it's gonna be a quick switch or a pain to install.
THANKS

[markphin]

I memory serves, yes they were the same.