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Originally Posted by Eric Coffey View Post
Good call. The older single-speed pumps are stupid-expensive to run, especially here in AZ where grid-demand is massive in the summer.
As such, it's actually a law here that any new-builds or replacements have to use multi-speed pumps.
Yep. I was wondering why our summer bills were $400, for a few years.

I need to remove my pressure side pump. There is a guy who diverts water from his VS pump to the pressure side cleaner. He counted the revolutions on the wheels and adjusted his pump speed to get it correct. I believe you also remove the orifice. My other option is to replace with a pool robot cleaner. The electric savings would pay for it in about 10 years...

2 hours of my pool cleaner pump = 24 hours of my VS pump, in energy usage.
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