to all you non believers about the desjoyaux system- if i had all the money that is spent on repairs in just one year from all the conventional pools built in arkansas, i wouldnt ever have to work again in my lifetime- i have remodeled pools that are only a few years old and its mostly because of poor building techniques. you(chem geek) seem to be fairly knowledgable on pools and i appreciate your input on things. the issue with circulation is pointless, 120 gpm per minute at 2.3 amps is better than any pump made - i have customers with conventional pools that spend over 100 dollars a month and some much more than that just for electric use- as far as needing a pool cleaner ,i would recommend one for anyone who has a pool -i use the dolphin or aquabot that runs off electric - since our pools dont need any pressure or suction ports we dont use the polaris.
i guess if you found 2 problems (both seem customer related) with the desjoyaux pools worldwide compared with the thousands of conventional pool problems just on this site,id say that is pretty good wouldnt you- a standard 2 speed desjoyaux pool pump on our pools will take care of a 20 x40 pool easily- if its gets bigger than that we just add another filter unit- and i can still run a third pump and not use as much electric as a standard conventional pool pump of equal hp. my customers (and believe me ive asked them dont even know our pool is on their bill- you can spout all the #'s about electric costs in arkansas but you dont have a clue what you are talking about when it comes to the desjoyaux system. we do clean our bags out once a week but with a typical sand sytem you backflush at least that much and dump your waste into the environment- plus your chemicals- at least we can change bags in a matter of minutes -can you do that with sand and cartridge(what about costs? theres good and bad in everything made- i just choose the best to sell(desjoyaux)