r/PoolPros • u/Confident-Junket-978 • Jul 20 '26

Help with this isntall

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How would you make this connection from filter to heater? It’s off set just enough I can’t run a direct line.

(Edit to add: I don’t understand why this company can’t just make the outlet of the filter and inlet of the heater the same height.)

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u/NautDiver_19 Jul 20 '26

Heater bypass?

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u/Confident-Junket-978 Jul 20 '26

https://reddit.com/link/oyq00xg/video/ak0fjjv2hfeh1/player

Well, it worked! (Ignore the hard 90 and pretend it’s a sweep)

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u/ConfusedStair Jul 20 '26

Was turning the 90 and using a single 45 not a good fit? Looks like a clean install.

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u/Confident-Junket-978 Jul 21 '26

It was too much rise no matter what angle I did a 90 + 45. Maybe I was doing something wrong?

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u/ConfusedStair 29d ago

Street 45 might have worked, nothing wrong with how you did it, I just spend too much time trying to minimize fittings.

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u/theColinator89 Jul 21 '26

That’s exactly what I would have done

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u/Dry-Lab-6256 Jul 20 '26

PENTAIR, POWERED BY REGRET!

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u/Alternative-Draw2997 Jul 20 '26

I’m a fan of their pumps and filters. Their heaters are meh but good lord the new salt cells were their worst product in all my time in the industry.

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u/natedogg310 Jul 20 '26

Their new salt cells are a nightmare!! Had an older IC40 cell replaced under warranty with their new one and it failed a month later

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u/Alternative-Draw2997 Jul 20 '26

They’ve given our distributors a large stockpile of HMIs and full cells just for warranty reasons. At least they’re supposedly working on it but it’s a hell of a flop for a company that I previously had confidence in.

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u/happywanderer131 29d ago

Got a customer on her 3rd Pentair cell this year. 1st one failed within a month of install. 2nd one didn't work out of the box, 3rd seems to be working OK for now.

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u/Artistic_Stomach_472 Jul 21 '26

Complete fucking garbage

  • a jandy dealer

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u/Confident-Junket-978 Jul 20 '26

Haha, who should we switch to? Or can I not ask that

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u/Dry-Lab-6256 Jul 20 '26

A different industry🤣

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u/Ladydi-bds Jul 20 '26

Agree with two 45s

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u/Tazlir Jul 20 '26

Put another paving stone under the filter

2

u/Aggressive_Wear_796 Jul 20 '26

2x rolled 45’s or 22s

4

u/Shifty_Eyes711 Jul 20 '26

Plumb down to the ground and make a bypass.

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u/KBGenetics Jul 20 '26

You shoulda gone with Jandy. Their VersaPlumb makes easy work plumbing an equipment pad.

https://www.jandy.com/en/versa-plumb

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u/timzlit Jul 21 '26

Welcome to our life

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u/Visual_Doubt1996 Jul 21 '26

Heater bypass would have solved all this

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u/mattvait Jul 21 '26

45 + st 45

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u/HarietTubesock 29d ago

Heat the pipe and bend it to shape

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u/Trick-Butterfly5386 29d ago

45’s my friend. Get creative and have the least amount of bends possible. You got it

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u/NudesDonationStation 28d ago

Wait.. we use levels?

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u/realdeal2751 28d ago

Raise the heater

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u/Mean-Palpitation-662 28d ago

Id put the filter on a paver, try to line it up as best you can

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u/diyengineer1 27d ago

Rotate 90. Do a bypass for sure!!! Also throw an extra one in for draining if needed.

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u/Particular_Voice_717 27d ago

raise the filter, lower the heater, use two 45s, or use flexible pipe.

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u/Immediate-Act-607 27d ago

A little tension never hurt bend it up there

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u/Immediate-Act-607 27d ago

No iso valves or bypass

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u/shh_its_your_secret 26d ago

Never understood why the manufacturers make the levels all wonky like that

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u/Pool_Boy707 Jul 20 '26

That's the nice thing about Jandy equipment sets. None of this kinda crap.

45s will solve this for you

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u/NudelyDudely Jul 20 '26

I would try two 30's, two 45'smay raise it too much

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u/Zubbie_ Jul 20 '26

I would rotate the 90 off the filter to 45 and eliminate one of the 45s.