Hayward Tristar VS pumps low temperature questions

[amChess]

I can't find the answers in the manual or on the web:

What is the pump counter counting in "low temperature operation, press resume to cancel" It went into high-speed mode and displayed 7:21, 7:20 one day. It was displaying 4:20 on the second day. It started around 10pm on both days when it got cold. The main wall controls are in charge of starting and stopping the power to the pump, not the pump timers. Same for freeze protect - main wall unit, not the pump.

The weird thing is that I disabled the freeze operation in the pump settings, but it still went into the same low temp mode on the following day. But, seems to have finally worked on the third cold day as intended - main unit turned it on and the pump went into the usual moderate speed after priming.

Last thing - seems that the only way to set the pump to "always on at constant speed" is to go 12:00 am to 11:45pm in timers. Does it shut off at 11:45pm for 15 min if the power from the wall board is still on? I know I can just stay up and see what happens, but it's too cold to be messing with this in the dark .

Tnx,

 

[PoolStored]

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[1poolman1]

I can't find the answers in the manual or on the web:

What is the pump counter counting in "low temperature operation, press resume to cancel" It went into high-speed mode and displayed 7:21, 7:20 one day. It was displaying 4:20 on the second day. It started around 10pm on both days when it got cold. The main wall controls are in charge of starting and stopping the power to the pump, not the pump timers. Same for freeze protect - main wall unit, not the pump.

The weird thing is that I disabled the freeze operation in the pump settings, but it still went into the same low temp mode on the following day. But, seems to have finally worked on the third cold day as intended - main unit turned it on and the pump went into the usual moderate speed after priming.

Last thing - seems that the only way to set the pump to "always on at constant speed" is to go 12:00 am to 11:45pm in timers. Does it shut off at 11:45pm for 15 min if the power from the wall board is still on? I know I can just stay up and see what happens, but it's too cold to be messing with this in the dark .

Tnx,

The pump's internal freeze protection, if it is a VSP, is always active, regardless of having automation or not, as long as there is constant power to the unit. The "countdown" is how long the current "freeze protection" cycle will be active.

Easiest freeze protection there is is to run the pump in the very early morning hours until the mid afternoon (or later if it is still freezing). With a VSP, that is the best you can do except 24/7, but at the lower speeds the pump can run.

Depending on which Hayward automation you have, it may be necessary to program from 12:00AM to 11:45PM to get as close to 24/7 as needed. When the freeze danger passes, return to the original programming. Its a good way to get familiar with the system.

Or, place the system in "service mode" at the outside panel and just turn the pump on. It should run until you exit "service mode."

 

[amChess]

Tnx, service mode is a good idea.

So, the pump has an option to enable or disable "low temperature operation" - like step 13 at this link:

How To Program a Variable Speed Hayward TriStar Pump - INYOPools.com

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The comments at inyopools seem to say that freeze protect counter is counting 8 hours. I wonder if there is a way to change the speed for this freeze protect - its loud at full speed.