I’ve done a lot of work tuning the schedules on this pool and here’s what I’ve found:
Luckily, the controller lets you set the exact RPM for whatever task the pool is doing at the time and reports back the KWh being used.
To run the cleaner or to run the solar are about equal in RPM.
At 2300 RPM / 635 KWh , I can run either the solar with skimmer or the cleaner with skimmer.
I can get the solar by itself down to about 2050 RPM /500 KWh if I run it with no skimmer or cleaner
Solar by itself seems to require about 300-400 RPM to get the same flow as without.
If I run the Skimmer, cleaner, and solar together, the required RPMs jump up quite a bit to near 3000 and you push up to 1000 – 1200 KWh. I might be able to get this down a bit by priming the system at a higher RPM so the return doesn’t suck air, but I don’t think I will.
The schedule I’ve set then is:
1. Run just solar during the day at about 500 KWh. I run it for what is needed, which is only a few hours a day, I just change the schedule each night depending on weather the next day (That’ll get old real quick), but it’s only 3-5 hours required, but once I change out the system’s thermometer (It’s broken), it can handle the solar automatically.
2. I run the cleaner at night (currently 6:30pm to 11:30pm)
Total energy usage is:
2000 KWh for solar during the day
3000 KWh for the Cleaner at night
Remember that the water is still going through the filter while solar is running, so I’m currently getting about 8 hours of filtering a day.
