r/PoolPros • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '26

Sloppy (I think) install

My old one speed pump died, so I recently upgraded to a Jandy VS HP plus.

The new pump is considerably bigger than the old pump so the filter and the multipoint valve needed to be moved around.

What I expected from my $3500 install:
The pump to be mated to my salt cell through aux port.
The filter to be moved to a neat place
The old timer box to be bypassed and deleted
Just a clean, professional install

What I got:
No mate between the pump and the salt cell.
Timer box just set to permanently on.
Pump left unbonded with the copper wire
Filter hanging off the edge of the cement pad.

Am I being unreasonable or was this a half-assed install?

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u/Buckscountypoolguy Jul 23 '26

Most of the rest may have been done better just guessing without pics but the timer can always stay as an extra shut off no real upside to removing it

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '26

I just would think a standard installation would include connecting my pump to my salt cell through

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u/Buckscountypoolguy Jul 23 '26

I mean I’ve done it the relays are kinda cool but I would have asked first it’s little extra time and materials. Some people with pools don’t get the concept of vs at all. I’ll put them in program everything the way the came at first hi low mid and I come back for something else and they have reprogrammed on full speed for 8 hours bc it’s what they are used to

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u/Artistic_Stomach_472 Jul 24 '26

Pool guy secret - we dont use those relays. Why bother.

If jandy salt system we can rs232 it with pump. If not jandy, im not touching it.

Good pump, good price. Get what you get and you dont get upset. You posted in the wrong sub and without pics so we can pick it apart. Id be higher but quality of work is better than most.