Hello, I'm new to forums so hopefully I'm not breaking any rules. I have an Intelliflo 3 vsf pump. It seems to be working much harder that it should be. It's only about 6 months old. I keep getting high pressure warnings and I've also gotten a speed limit warning.
My pool cleaning company installed the pump. They had it set at 40gpm during the day to get good flow and heat the pool. To fix the issue all they did was turn it down to 40% speed, which ends up being 10gpm. I really don't know much about pools, but 10gpm seems tiny for the size of the pump, it shouldn't be working at half speed.
A little background on my pool. It's 15x30ft. It's older from the 70s, but we just had it redone last spring. We have a hybrid heating system that includes solar panels on the roof and a heat pump. So if the water on the roof is warm enough the water goes from the pump up the roof through the solar and then down through the heat pump. I have 9 solar panels... I don't think that's the issue because I get the pressure warning whether the solar is on or off.
I'm attaching some photos. Any suggestions would be helpful. This is a vacation rental that I own in FL that I manage from NH where I don't have a pool. For some reason no pool professional seems to do all parts of the work well. Some do pumps but they don't know solar, others don't do heat pumps, etc. It's hard to find people that can look at the whole system and find the problem.
One more thing, I dont know hoe big my filter is. I can find out. I wonder if it is too small. I think the pump has worked harder than it should since it was installed, but its definitely gotten worse and now Im gettijg constant warnings.
Thank you
My pool cleaning company installed the pump. They had it set at 40gpm during the day to get good flow and heat the pool. To fix the issue all they did was turn it down to 40% speed, which ends up being 10gpm. I really don't know much about pools, but 10gpm seems tiny for the size of the pump, it shouldn't be working at half speed.
A little background on my pool. It's 15x30ft. It's older from the 70s, but we just had it redone last spring. We have a hybrid heating system that includes solar panels on the roof and a heat pump. So if the water on the roof is warm enough the water goes from the pump up the roof through the solar and then down through the heat pump. I have 9 solar panels... I don't think that's the issue because I get the pressure warning whether the solar is on or off.
I'm attaching some photos. Any suggestions would be helpful. This is a vacation rental that I own in FL that I manage from NH where I don't have a pool. For some reason no pool professional seems to do all parts of the work well. Some do pumps but they don't know solar, others don't do heat pumps, etc. It's hard to find people that can look at the whole system and find the problem.
One more thing, I dont know hoe big my filter is. I can find out. I wonder if it is too small. I think the pump has worked harder than it should since it was installed, but its definitely gotten worse and now Im gettijg constant warnings.
Thank you
