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Adding extra pump to swimming pool
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| cswanson2@austin.rr.com 2006-04-28, 4:21 pm |
| Anyone have some ideas about how to properly add another pump to power
my pool cleaner and a waterfall? I have the clearner and waterfall, but
it was added off the main pump, and I'd like to put a new pump for just
those two, increase their power, and maybe by-pass the main filter.
I don't/cannot add more suction lines from the pool, but I'd like to
increase their power using a new pump. But I'm concerned about getting
the set up and pressures and stuff correct.
Some details:
- Hayward C1200 filter
- 2 HP pump
- skimmer and main drain from pool
- 3 normal returns
- 1 pool cleaner return
- 1 waterfall return
My current diagram:
________ _______ ||==XX== suction from skimmer
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| |====|pump |====||
|filter| | | ||
| | ------- ||==XX== suction from main drain
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| | ||==== line to 3 returns
| |================XX
| | || ||==== line to pool cleaner
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-------- XX==== line to waterfall
So, can a new pump suck water from the pool from the same supply lines?
Where do I tie in the pump?
Any help is much appreicated.
Thanks,
Carl
cswanson2@austin.rr.com
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| cswanson2@austin.rr.com 2006-04-28, 4:21 pm |
| Damn, the diagram looked OK when I added it. Copy diagram to notepad or
anything with courier and it will look OK.
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| Brando 2006-04-28, 5:21 pm |
| Pardon the top post...
I would be more inclined to increase the HP of the one motor rather than add
a motor.
THEN change the return to the waterfall so that it looks like this...the J
being an Jandy Valve
XX==== line to waterfall
||
_____ || _______ ||==XX== suction from skimmer
> | | | || | ||
> | |===J==|pump |====||
> |filter| | | ||
> | | ------- ||==XX== suction from main drain
> | |
> | |
> | | ||==== line to 3 returns
> | |================XX
> | | ||==== line to pool cleaner
> | |
> --------
What issues are you having that prompts you to need more power? Not enough
flow/suction?
<cswanson2@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
news:1146251363.635728.250490@j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Anyone have some ideas about how to properly add another pump to power
> my pool cleaner and a waterfall? I have the clearner and waterfall, but
> it was added off the main pump, and I'd like to put a new pump for just
> those two, increase their power, and maybe by-pass the main filter.
>
> I don't/cannot add more suction lines from the pool, but I'd like to
> increase their power using a new pump. But I'm concerned about getting
> the set up and pressures and stuff correct.
>
> Some details:
> - Hayward C1200 filter
> - 2 HP pump
> - skimmer and main drain from pool
> - 3 normal returns
> - 1 pool cleaner return
> - 1 waterfall return
>
> My current diagram:
>
>
> ________ _______ ||==XX== suction from skimmer
> | | | | ||
> | |====|pump |====||
> |filter| | | ||
> | | ------- ||==XX== suction from main drain
> | |
> | |
> | | ||==== line to 3 returns
> | |================XX
> | | || ||==== line to pool cleaner
> | | ||
> -------- XX==== line to waterfall
>
> So, can a new pump suck water from the pool from the same supply lines?
> Where do I tie in the pump?
>
> Any help is much appreicated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carl
> cswanson2@austin.rr.com
>
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