I'm upgrading my filter with a Hayward SwimClear C5030. Given my pool plumbing, which includes solar heating panels high up, it would be much cleaner to have the inlet port be the bottom and outlet at the top. Here is a file with my model's parts list, with inlet at top (parts list at end of pdf file):
https://hayward-pool-assets.com/assets/documents/pools/pdf/manuals/SwimClear-Cxx30-revB.pdf?fromCDN=true
With very minor change, I can make the inlet port be the bottom, and the outlet be the top, by shortening part 15 in parts diagram above, and rotating part 10 around 180 degrees.
In fact, I found this (older perhaps) parts diagram from the Hayward site which has exactly this configuration:
https://hayward-pool-assets.com/assets/documents/pools/pdf/parts-diagrams/SwimClearCan.pdf?fromCDN=true
Does anyone have any ideas why this might not be a good modification, and why Hayward Pools switched the configuration sometimes in the past?
I would appreciate any thoughts. My pool plumbing is currently non functional (in pieces) awaiting the decision on whether to modify the filter in this way or work around the inconvenient inlet at top, outlet at bottom configuration of the filter.
I found this old post on TFP which indicated that Hayward did indeed swapped inlet and outlet ports on similar models:
https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/38331-FILTERS-BLEW-UP-HELP-PLEASE
https://hayward-pool-assets.com/assets/documents/pools/pdf/manuals/SwimClear-Cxx30-revB.pdf?fromCDN=true
With very minor change, I can make the inlet port be the bottom, and the outlet be the top, by shortening part 15 in parts diagram above, and rotating part 10 around 180 degrees.
In fact, I found this (older perhaps) parts diagram from the Hayward site which has exactly this configuration:
https://hayward-pool-assets.com/assets/documents/pools/pdf/parts-diagrams/SwimClearCan.pdf?fromCDN=true
Does anyone have any ideas why this might not be a good modification, and why Hayward Pools switched the configuration sometimes in the past?
I would appreciate any thoughts. My pool plumbing is currently non functional (in pieces) awaiting the decision on whether to modify the filter in this way or work around the inconvenient inlet at top, outlet at bottom configuration of the filter.
I found this old post on TFP which indicated that Hayward did indeed swapped inlet and outlet ports on similar models:
https://www.troublefreepool.com/threads/38331-FILTERS-BLEW-UP-HELP-PLEASE
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