If you currently have a single speed (SS) pump and you would like to reduce your pool operating costs by as much as 80%, you should consider upgrading your pump with a Century Variable Speed (VS) V-Green 165 Pool Motor. To get these savings, it is only necessary to replace the motor. In all but a few cases, you would keep the housing end of the pump and just replace the motor. In this guide, we are replacing the SS motor of a Hayward Super 2 pump with a Century Variable Speed (VS) V-Green 165 Pool Motor. The VS motor adapts easily to the existing pump housing. Depending on your pump model, you would select either the VS motor with a square flange or one with a round flange. Although this guide features a Hayward Super II pump and a Century Variable Speed (VS) V-Green 165 Pool Motor, most of these steps are adaptable to most pumps.
Robert Posted: 8/27/2020
I have a mechanical timer for my old pump. Can I continue to use it? Will it harm this pump to turn on/off the power every day? If I do not use the mechanical timer, does this pump have an internal clock I can set? Or does it just start the programmed sequence from the time I push the start button? The reason this matters is that I have a second pump for my pool vac that is on a mechanical timer, and I want to synchronize the pool vac to come on while the pool pump is running at speed 1.Reply
InyoPools Product Specialist Matt S. Posted: 8/27/2020
The timer is not required for the V-Green 1.65 but most people use one. As you said, the motor does not have an internal timer, but if you set a schedule, it will start from when you press go.Turning the pump on and off through the timer, will not affect the lifespan of the unit.Reply
Glenn Posted: 3/5/2020
Step 46: Attaching red and black wires to L1 and L2. Text is reverse of picture labels. Which is correct?Reply
InyoPools Product Specialist Matt S. Posted: 3/9/2020
The voltage is 230, so both lines are carrying 115 volts. It does not matter which wire goes to which terminal in those cases.Reply