This is a great addition to our Century V-green 165 pump motor. Set-up and installation were easy. I mounted the panel right above our auto cover controller so it's easily accessible. The wire provided was not long enough to reach that location so I purchased regular solid 5 strand doorbell wire one gauge larger than provided and ran it behind the vinyl siding to conceal it. In hindsight, I really only use the app so the location of the panel is irrelevant. I thought at first I could control the speed of the pump from the actual panel, but that is not the case. You can really only turn the pump on/off and set-up Bluetooth from the panel.
The main reason to really buy this product is to have the ability to utilize the functions of the app. In my opinion, the app has a lot of great features making this purchase worthwhile. The app can actually save you money over time vs just using the control panel on the motor by allowing the user to create a more finite schedule running schedule. I kept the suggested schedule on the app which had 4 different cycles. (you can only set 3 cycles without the app) The motor was off from 12am-8am, high speed 8am-12pm, upper mid speed 12pm-4pm, lower mid speed 4pm-12am. It averaged $30/mo based on my electric rate. My previous single speed motor was at least double the electrical cost because it ran full speed 24/7 the whole season. I did not notice any difference in how clear my water was or what chemicals I needed which was impressive for being off 1/3 of the day. One other thing to note, most heaters will not turn on unless there's a certain rate of water flow. With the motor running too slow or off during dusk/dark hours, I wasn't paying to heat water that slightly cooled overnight that would've returned to a normal temp once the sun came out.
Personally, I wanted the ability to remotely control the speed of the motor because we don't always have the motor running at a high enough speed to have enough pressure to run water to the...
