Description
Description
No longer sold. Replace with SX300 here. Aquaflo XP2e Flo-Master sold as 3.0HP / 3.2HP / 4.2HP although they are actually the same pump. Found in many Spa Industries spas such as Leisurite Spas, Designer Spas, Bullfrog Spas, Lanark Spas, Monarch Spas, and many more.
Aquaflo XP2e by Gecko. Note that Spa Industries labels a 3.0HP pump as 4.2 BHP. These pumps may be coloured Black or Blue. 1050 lpm. Comes with AMP lead. Other leads available here.
Notes about Horsepower Ratings:
- Some Spa Manufacturers use a complicated & confusing form of Horsepower measurement that was more commonly used in the USA, called hydraulic horsepower (HP=PSI*GPM/1714). It gives a more impressive appearance, and may give a false impression of performance.
- Standard Australian HP ratings are calculated purely on input power in Watts, which are then converted to HP. (1HP=745.7Watts).
- You can always measure (with an Amp Meter) the input current and convert back to real HP.
- Rough HP measurement can also be calculated using Ohm's Law (V=IR). These pumps also have an Amperage rating that can be roughly converted back to Watts, and then to Horsepower. The problem here, is some spa manufacturers used slightly misleading ratings here as well, eg, they'd use a locked-rotor Amperage draw, etc. You'll see how the Amperage ratings and the HP labels don't match up.
- Furthermore, HP ratings are not an ideal measurement of pump performance anyway! Pump flow curves, which measure flow per metre of head pressure are a far more reliable method of measuring pump performance, especially with the advent of variable-speed DC motors.
- Basically the labels can appear to be very different in regards to the pump's actual HP rating.
af 05250005-6340 / A-XP2e-3001-AMP / 93546690 / 05250009 -8 / 080052 / 05250000 / 06199 / APUM42MS1A / APUM42152A / 05250070-6040 / 05253000-6040
Note: Measurements shown in diagram may be different, as various motors used post-Covid.
