16'x32' Pool Filtration Schedule
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.พ. 2025
- From www.swimmingpo... - This video shows an example of a variable speed pool pump schedule for a 16'x32' pool with a water volume a little over 15,000 gallons. The system set up has a Hayward Super Pump VS wired at 230 volts, paired with a 150 square foot cartridge filter and the plumbing is 1.5" PVC. The goal is to filter three times the volume of the swimming pool water per day for 95% of the total pool water being filtered at least once. The values in this video are unique to this system and are an example only, as the values for your pool will be different and unique to your plumbing system.
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Steve, please accept my thanks for your excellent video. I recently purchased the 1.85 VS Hayward pump. I did so based on reviews and economic impact. During your video you literally addressed all of my questions. Initially I was having difficulty ascertaining the Flo rate and it’s relationship to speed and total turnover. The explanation on on 1st, 2nd, and 3rd turnover made clear how the filtration goal is derived. I have a solar system on my home with 2 Tesla power walls. Using the RPM flow rates and Kw hr consumption rates I have been able to create a 21 hr 3 Timer setting which meets a 40,500 Filtration goal. It utilizes 3 different speeds for a total consumption rate of 4.6Kw. Factoring in solar and battery back up my daily power usage is approximately 1.5Kw. Because we are on a Peak/Off Peak rate of .05 and .35 per KWH my cost is about 8 cents a day or $2.40 a month. Thank you again for the great video. I’m find myself jealous and already wanting some of the nice metering toys you have on the wall in your Mach up. Kindest regards
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! This cleared up all my questions on my VS Hayward Pump. I was all over the board being so new to this. Your video couldnt be much clearer!
Thank you for this information. I followed this for my salt water pool. Everything is on point minus my pump for some reason, clocking in higher wattage than what yours are. For example, the 1250rpm is 119watts, 1750rpm is 308 watts and the 2800rpm is 1,195 watts. Still end up with .88 cents/day - roughly $26/27 per month. Not bad for the pump running 24/7.
Hi Steve, love all the videos. I finally got my new 2603 and just installed it. I was looking to see if you had a filtration schedule video on a 16x32 on 1 1/2” pipe with a Hayward sand filter? Looking for a starting point to use. Also, it is a salt pool
Great video, very informative and was a great help for me to understand how to make the most out of my Hayward VS pump
Amazing video. Learned a lot. Thanks
Great information.
What is your thoughts on using an energy efficient pump single stage instead of variable speed pump. Seems like a 30% reduction in energy consumption. Also my understanding is single stage pumps are more reliable than variable speed and usually last longer. You also willbnot need to run 24/7 (even tho this is best) to get your proper filtration of 45k gallons
Thoughts
I consider this video to be the Gold Standard reference for efficiently programming a VS pump. I’m slightly biased given you used exact pump size, caus cartridge filter and pool volume that I actually own.
What do you think of adjusting your water turnover based upon the season? I’m using 1.5X in Winter, 2X in Spring and Fall, and 3X in Summer. The pool always looks great. Is this a sound approach?
I thought you needed to run your pump a lot faster for the heater to kick on. Doesn't your heater have built in protection to stop heating when the water flow is too low?
My Hayden system requires water moving at 60 or 65% for the heater to operate.
Yes. He recommended several hours of higher flow in the daily program to operate salt cell, heater, skimmers, vacuum. If you can’t achieve the desired temperature simply increase the number of hours for your high flow session
Hey there . Do you have a comparison with a Pentier pump for the same swimming pool size? I’m trying to determine what equipment is better Hayward or pantier for a salt pool with heater and same size. Thank In advance for what you do!
Not really exactly the same but might still be helpful: www.swimmingpoolsteve.com/pages/compare-savings.html
Hayward, Pentair and Jandy all top of the line great brands. Hard to choose one only because all 3 are great
If you go Pentair at least, skip the SVRS for a home pool unless you really do some research on it and that is what you want. I have mine worked out now but opening the pool this year for the first time with it was a nightmare. I'm glad to have the protection, but the pump decides when the filter needs to be backwashed for example. That's not a feature but a side effect of the pump sensing a flow issue. (I know that wasn't exactly your question but I wish someone had told me that last year lol.)
Steve, could you run this set up differently just running the pump at the lowest speed to filter x3 the volume but keep it at that speed all day?
Curious about this also
This would not be ideal. The filtration of water is enhanced at low speeds, but the pool has other functions that need to be satisfied as well. One is the diffusion of filtered water into the pool. Low speeds might not diffuse the water well enough. Most importantly the skimmer will fail to function. It needs stronger flow rates in order to draw in floating debris, as well as higher flow rates being needed for the returns to effectively vortex the pool. You might not need a lot of time at high speeds daily, but pretty much every pool needs at least SOME time every day at high speeds and also medium speeds.
@@houseofpang This would not be ideal. The filtration of water is enhanced at low speeds, but the pool has other functions that need to be satisfied as well. One is the diffusion of filtered water into the pool. Low speeds might not diffuse the water well enough. Most importantly the skimmer will fail to function. It needs stronger flow rates in order to draw in floating debris, as well as higher flow rates being needed for the returns to effectively vortex the pool. You might not need a lot of time at high speeds daily, but pretty much every pool needs at least SOME time every day at high speeds and also medium speeds.
Is it best to have to lowest speed at night or vice versa?
Focus on the higher speed because that is where almost all your filtration happens and where most of the electricity cost is spent. Do half your high speed program midday when chemicals are most needed and run the other half at night when off peak rate electricity is cheapest. Fill in the rest of schedule with a combination of low and medium sessions. I give my pump a 1 hour rest between cycles and still get 3 full volume turnovers per day
My new pool is 19,200 gallons. I have the Variable Speed set up also. Salt water pool. It was set up for 75% for 4 hours and 50% for 8 hours. We now run it 75% for 4 and 50% for 4. We were battling a PH issue staying high so we attempted to cut down filter times. Never once was it mentioned or suggested to run the filter 24 hours. Are these designed to run continuous 24/7? Or is this something you would do just a few days a week? Thanks.
These are absolutely designed to run 24/7. Even the single speed pumps are designed to run 24/7 it is just that most people do not because they are so expensive to run. Your high pH is from the salt system creating chlorine. Raise your alkalinity levels to the higher end of the normal range, then lower your pH with acid. When they are both in the ideal range, then add 30 to 50ppm of borates and this will further buffer movement of pH and alkalinity. This is the silver bullet solution you are looking for to chronic high pH from salt systems. www.swimmingpoolsteve.com/pages/salt-care.html
@@Swimmingpoolsteve I bought the Borates a few weeks ago because I planned on trying it. I never got to put it in before the end of the season because we had to drain the pool for a vermiculite repair. Thank you for the explanation. I’m screenshotting it so I don’t lose it. I truly appreciate it.
I appreciate your videos lots of helpful information was wondering if you could answer a question for me my pool was closed 2019 due to the pandemic in the spring of 2020 I've been unable to get a liner it's an inground kidney-shaped pool I understand it's not a cookie-cutter liner above ground pool but I went all year last year without my pool and this year I've had promises and promises and no one has been able to put a liner in there everything is unhooked including the filter system and there is no water in there the antifreeze in the lines in the ground has been in there since 2019 is there anyway I can get antifreeze in these lines without hooking up the pool I don't think I will have a liner this year I live in Illinois so we're down to maybe two months to install a new liner I just want to make sure that the lines underground have fresh antifreeze I don't want a bigger problem than I already have I'd appreciate some kind of input thank you
if there is antifreeze in the lines and there is no water in the lines your're fine....my pool was closed for 4 years (16x32 inground) without touching it...I opened it last year put in a new liner and its perfectly fine...I live in the North East so it get pretty cold here too...
In Ontario Canada we have tough winters and we do not use antifreeze in the return pipes. Skimmer only. If you evacuate all of the water in the return pipes and then seal them from both ends there is no need for antifreeze at all.
Just by looking at your numbers, it seems like you could run the pump at around 1,500 rpm to seek about 32 GPM and run a single 24 hour schedule to achieve your goal at an expense of about 4Kw/h per day, or $0.52 (a 23% savings). My math is rusty but I’m sure derivatives can help achieve a more eficiente schedule with a mix of speeds that minimizes cost to achieve the goal.
Is there value on higher speeds that you wouldn’t get with a single speed schedule? Say maybe 24 hours of 1,500 rpms are not able to pull debrief that 2,400 rpms can?
I know with my pool I need a higher rpm to have my skimmer work better...I usually run higher rpm early in the morning and progressively slow it down throughout the day ...
Yes. You need higher rpm for better circulation
No daily program should be at a single speed. A few hours of high speed is needed for vacuuming and water diffusion. A free hours of medium speed for skimming and filtration. And then the bulk of the schedule at low speed for continuous circulation. All those should add up to a 3X pool volume turnover each day
I have the same size swimming pool.
We have time-of-use electricity rates where I live.
On Peak: ($0.17/Kwh) 11am-5pm
Mid Peak: ($0.11/Kwh) 7am-11am / 5pm-7pm
Off Peak: ($0.08/Kwh) 7pm-7am
So I run my pool 10.5 hours a day which has worked very well (single speed 3/4hp pump)
o 7pm-12am
o 2am-7am
o 10:45am-11am (chlorine shot entering On Peak period)
o 5pm-5:15pm (chlorine shot exiting On Peak period)
That's during the week. Weekend rates are fixed at Off Peak, so I run the pool during the day on the weekends - 10am-10pm.