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Hi, D1 dealer says that not all the jets on the Pulse can run at the same time. Is it true?
Pump 1 has two settings - high & low. The low setting comes on for heating and filter cycles.pump 2 controls the right side of the tub (if in front of control panel) and that has the two seats with neck jets and half of the floor jets.Circ pump always runs....
I'm not sure why it matters but almost all spas have a diverter valve between systems and the nice thing is being able to divert to one system or the other for a stronger feel or simply keep the valve in the middle to pwoer both. In fact the Meridian has a diverter valve as well according to the website.The Pulse has a total of 50 jets running on two-2.5 hp pumps. Meridian seems to have about 44 jets (had to count, didn't see where total was listed) and also has two pumps, a 2.5 hp and a 2.0 hp. A few more jets and HP from the Pulse but balanced similarly (jets per Hp) so you'll get about the same jet flows out of both.Both spas are made by good manufaturers. Wet test and you'll learn more about each.
Quote from: Hot Spring Ace on April 01, 2013, 12:56:36 pmI'm not sure why it matters but almost all spas have a diverter valve between systems and the nice thing is being able to divert to one system or the other for a stronger feel or simply keep the valve in the middle to pwoer both. In fact the Meridian has a diverter valve as well according to the website.The Pulse has a total of 50 jets running on two-2.5 hp pumps. Meridian seems to have about 44 jets (had to count, didn't see where total was listed) and also has two pumps, a 2.5 hp and a 2.0 hp. A few more jets and HP from the Pulse but balanced similarly (jets per Hp) so you'll get about the same jet flows out of both.Both spas are made by good manufaturers. Wet test and you'll learn more about each.HP ratings are pretty useless, as has been discussed here before. Even if you have identical pumps, pressure can vary due to the amount of plumbing. Every inch of plumbing, elbow, etc, creates friction which reduces jet power. You can demonstrate this by hooking a 10' garden hose up to your spigot and then a 100' hose. The 10' hose will have significantly more pressure than the 100'. Also, the types and size of jets will affect pressure. A bunch of micro jets that reduce flow and increase pressure, compared to larger nozzle, high-flow jets will have 2 very different effects and feel completely different. If you efficiently plumb your hot tub, like using soft radius elbows, you can reduce friction and increase jet performance. The reason that this matters is because companies sell their 6 person hot tub, but only 3 people can have a massage at any given time. I doubt that many of those salesman bother to tell their potential customers that. There are some tubs that out there that you can actually have all of the jets on simultaneously and still get great pressure out of the jets. I'm not talking about putting the diverter in a middle position where you have all of the jets running but the pressure is weak. I would say that this is a pretty big selling point that is undervalued. In these tubs you can also adjust the pressure of the individual jets by turning the faceplate. I hear all of the time that the diverter valve is there to give the customer control of their massage. This is BS. The diverter valve is there because if you turn all of the jets on at once, the pressure would be terrible. Not every tub has this problem.
Quote from: fishn4life on April 01, 2013, 04:58:27 pmPump 1 has two settings - high & low. The low setting comes on for heating and filter cycles.pump 2 controls the right side of the tub (if in front of control panel) and that has the two seats with neck jets and half of the floor jets.Circ pump always runs....You say the Pump 1 does teh filtering and "Circ pump always runs". Being that its in the @Home series, I didn't think a Meridian utilized a 24/7 circ pump like the Bay series and Reflection series for heating and filtering. I thought the main pump did the filtering and the website has it listed that way unless yours had that added as an option for ozone or something.
Quote from: Hot Spring Ace on April 01, 2013, 05:36:21 pmQuote from: fishn4life on April 01, 2013, 04:58:27 pmPump 1 has two settings - high & low. The low setting comes on for heating and filter cycles.pump 2 controls the right side of the tub (if in front of control panel) and that has the two seats with neck jets and half of the floor jets.Circ pump always runs....You say the Pump 1 does teh filtering and "Circ pump always runs". Being that its in the @Home series, I didn't think a Meridian utilized a 24/7 circ pump like the Bay series and Reflection series for heating and filtering. I thought the main pump did the filtering and the website has it listed that way unless yours had that added as an option for ozone or something.The @home series does not come with a 24/7 circ pump. This is a "package" option that includes the ozone and 24/7 circ pump. I know these tubs can be written up in different ways but my receipt shows this as a $325 option. I was told this is a package, can't get one without the other. Well worth the money IMHO....