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Waterway 2 speed pump wired to single speed timer box
I am installing a waterway 2 speed 2hp pump, that has the high low speed toggle on the back of the motor and need wiring info. The way i currently have it wired for either high speed or low and when i flip the toggle i get no speed. So im alittle confused about how to wire up the 3 terminals on the toggle switch to get the multispeed feature.
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The pump motor should have a label on the side of the motor showing a diagram for Common, High speed, Low speed and the right positions for the connections.
Common is always the white wire
High speed is normally red
Low speed is Black
Green wire is always green
Rule of thumb for a 2 HP pump using a 2 inch pipe is between 60 and 80 gallons per minute. Factors affecting flow rate is the distance between the pump and the pool, how many bends and turns and of course the condition of the filter. If you need to meet a specific turn-over rate, use the lower number to determine in the event you sould be called on the carpet.
Low speed? I am sorry. I don't know the rule of thumb on this.
You could install a flow meter, available at your professional pool supply. They are easy to install and not a lot of money. Follow the installation instructions as best as you can.
Incidently, comercially speaking, the 'turn over rate' should be around 8 hours for a public pool. Your jurisdiction may have other standards. Commercial pools should run 24 hours a day at that rate during the open season. Turn over rate means all the gallons of the pool should go through the filter in 8 hours, or all the gallons should go through the filter three times per day. Example: 16000 gallons of water in the pool, your filter and pump should be pumping 2000 gallons per hour. Studies show that it actually takes up to 5 days to get every actual 'chunk' of water to go through the filter, so, many of the 'chunks' of water go through the filter multiple times per hour. BTW, I use the word "chunks" in an effort to better paint a mental picture of what is happening. I am not suggesting your water has "chunks" in it.
You will need a two speed time clock to really take advantage of real energy efficiency savings. Intermatic makes one that fits in place of the original t104 time clock. You will need to run an additional wire to the pump as well. You will have the ground. Then one common wire that is always hot whether or not you are on high speed or low speed. You could make this a white wire. Then a black wire for your high speed that is energized in high speed and a red wire for the low speed. It is important that the high and low speeds not be energized at the same time, otherwise you will hear a very unpleasant sound coming from the motor, and failure and shortened life of the motor will be realized. HTH
If I am following your description correctly it sounds like the booster is tied to the wrong clock...You want the booster to run with the high speed which is 'the other' timer it sounds like.
high speed phase neutral should go to High speed {phase} neutral low speed {phase} should go to neutral .....Low speed and high speed {phase} need not be connected
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