Shopping for new pool pumps is as fun as shopping for parts for the furnace, a/c, or pool heater.
:|
Not quite sure about anything, yet I'm already pressured in my head to guarantee whatever I'm gonna do is going to work splendidly. I hate my expectations for myself!
Ignore me, I'm in my whiny "THIS IS HARD!" phase of the research bit. It'll get better once I order the pump and then start worrying about fun stuff like PVC. (Which is 2-1/2" and not 2" like I thought. Keep forgetting that as it adds an exponential amount of difficulty since it's very much oversized for our pool...but I LIKE it that way. <sigh> )
I don't really expect any help/advice here, I just posted it to Facebook and figured not enough people there would understand my dilemma or the crap place my mind is at right now. It's not like it's a surprise a 15 year old pump that I've been babying/replacing bits on for over a decade gives out, it's just the straw that broke my spirit in the pile of things breaking/going wrong that's put my whole life on hold as it's a "HAVE TO DEAL WITH NOW!" item.
For information, I'm replacing an old NorthStar Pump 1 HP Single Speed Pump - SP4007X10NS with...well something. Flow rates, input line height, discharge pipe offset, and a problem that it can't be a 220v one makes it all sorts of interesting. Turns out whoever built my pool actually built it wrong, there should be a 10-13" run between my t-valves and the pump inlet and my current setup has about 1-1/2". That's sort of nice that it gives me room to run for the top discharge out to be shorter, and as long as my input is under my current height I can build a base up to it...but DAMN is it a pain in the ass to cruise Amazon and try and find one that will work that isn't over priced as hell and can be here sometime before the middle of next week. :|
Thank you for listening to my whine, if I fix this I might start looking for a bargain GPU for me for Father's Day coming up since I'll bloody well have earned it!
Not quite sure about anything, yet I'm already pressured in my head to guarantee whatever I'm gonna do is going to work splendidly. I hate my expectations for myself!
Ignore me, I'm in my whiny "THIS IS HARD!" phase of the research bit. It'll get better once I order the pump and then start worrying about fun stuff like PVC. (Which is 2-1/2" and not 2" like I thought. Keep forgetting that as it adds an exponential amount of difficulty since it's very much oversized for our pool...but I LIKE it that way. <sigh> )
I don't really expect any help/advice here, I just posted it to Facebook and figured not enough people there would understand my dilemma or the crap place my mind is at right now. It's not like it's a surprise a 15 year old pump that I've been babying/replacing bits on for over a decade gives out, it's just the straw that broke my spirit in the pile of things breaking/going wrong that's put my whole life on hold as it's a "HAVE TO DEAL WITH NOW!" item.
For information, I'm replacing an old NorthStar Pump 1 HP Single Speed Pump - SP4007X10NS with...well something. Flow rates, input line height, discharge pipe offset, and a problem that it can't be a 220v one makes it all sorts of interesting. Turns out whoever built my pool actually built it wrong, there should be a 10-13" run between my t-valves and the pump inlet and my current setup has about 1-1/2". That's sort of nice that it gives me room to run for the top discharge out to be shorter, and as long as my input is under my current height I can build a base up to it...but DAMN is it a pain in the ass to cruise Amazon and try and find one that will work that isn't over priced as hell and can be here sometime before the middle of next week. :|
Thank you for listening to my whine, if I fix this I might start looking for a bargain GPU for me for Father's Day coming up since I'll bloody well have earned it!
