How many hours should be programmed in for a 16,000 gallon pool?

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Your pool has about 7634 gallons. If you were a commercial pool, you would be looking for an 8 hour turn over rate, A 1.5 pump, rule of thumb, will move 50 gallons per minute. It appears from your picture that you have a 300 # sand filter. If this is the case, you have plenty of filter capacity. Your 1.5 hp pump should be moving 3000 gallons per hour and your turn over rate is about 2 1/2 hours. I think your pump is probably closer to 1/2 horse and your plumbing is probably closer to one inch. I am not sure the rule of thumb for this but would rationalize you are moving 800 gallons per hour through your 300 # sand filter giving you a rate of just under 8 hours.

Do a good back wash - then do a good 'rinse' with your multi-port valve - then if necessary, continue with the vacuum.

You shouldn't have to go through all of this - I think your filter is adequate providing you have actual pool sand in the filter, not play or beach sand, and it is loaded properly. You say you got the sand at your pool place, so I presume it is real pool sand. What does your pool supplier have to say about all of this???

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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.

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32' round by how deep? Flow rate is how you size a filter so with total gallons you can calculate how many per minute will add up to the whole pool being turned over is 6-8 hours. The pump and filter are then sized for that required flow...Assuming the pool is an above ground ~4' average depth then total gallons would be about 24,000 gallons. For an 8 hour turnover you would need about 50 gallons per minute. The 210T, T for top mount, is designed to handle up to 44 gallons per minute and turn over a 21,000 gallon pool in 8 hours or a 26,000 gallon pool in 10.

What that basically means is that using a 210 on a pool 32 x 4 would be pushing it. It will work but you will end up backwashing more frequently which raises the overall cost of running the pool. If it is not to late a 24" filter would be better; especially if you have periods of time in your pool season where heavy amounts of debris such as pollen get into the water. A 21" filter won't handle any over a normal filtration load.

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You have about 8588 gallons of water in your pool ... One inch of water contains about 159 gallons in your pool. You should consider a 6 hour turn over rate. I recommend a high rate sand filter with at a minimum 1.5 sq feet of filter area. You need to move about 24 gallons a minute to achieve the 6 hour turn over rate.

Continue your research with these figures at hand.

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Do the families have the proper permits to add water to the public pool? If not should the time to acquire the permits be considered ?
Secondly, What is the temperature of the water coming out of the hoses, as cooler water will expand and fill the pool faster.

Considering all of the unknowns we can not solve for Time. Do you know how much water the Baxters are delivering to the pool? It appears they did not pay their Water bill.

Pool=302,000
Gilberts=G=(B/12)*92/H
Baxters=B
Sings=S=85gallons/H

Time=302,000/S+B+G/H

My manual doesn't give a table for a 1500 gallon pool. The smallest it shows is the 15x33 at 2587 gallons at which you'd at 65 pounds of salt. If you could possibly tell me how big your pool is I could look that up for you. If you don't have an intex pool, the formula is Gallons x 0.025 so about 37.5 pounds for your pool. then you'd add 10.05 pounds when the Low Salt light comes on.

To start it up, hold the down arrow until it beeps, hold the up arrow until it beeps. Now you're ready to set it (the 15x33 pool you'll run 1-2 hours a day) When you have the time set, hold the down arrow until it beeps and then the up arrow until it beeps. Now it should be set!

The thermal overload switch on the motor is bad. Take back for replacement.

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