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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Flow switches are still a great value when compared to the cost of oem parts. Once pretty snug it works just like the original one. Takes 2 minutes to change & works flawlessly at half the price.

The flow sensor comes with the standard 15-foot, male-rj11 (telephone-style) cable. One that works well is the spears 402-247 2 x 2 x 1-2 socket x socket x fipt reducing tee adapter.



Cons

Hayward glx-flo is a flexible piece of metal that is wider than this part. The little flapper that moves/makes contact when water is flowing through the system is too long and thus wasn't making contact/closing the circuit causing the no flow light to...  Read More

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Highlights

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Quality


The flow sensor comes with the standard 15foot malerj11 telephonestyle cable


Appears to be a good quality component


Although these are sometimes sold with as a kit with the pvc adapter i found getting the adapter separately is much cheaper


The threads come with the thread tape already on the threading its a simple plug in play

Price


This same part in town was 5 10 times the cost of amazon

Packaging/appearance


I installed this a couple days ago so i cant report on the longevity of the product but it was easy to replace the old one and ...  Read More

Competitiveness


This item from this vendor was considerably less expensive than the competitors


These flow switches are still a great value when compared to the cost of oem parts


Save yourself a couple hundred dollars and watch the mutliple videos online


Local shops did not have the part in stock and original equipment found on other sites were more than triple the price

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    easy, great, original, sure and good.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 524 reviews as of our last analysis date on Nov 7 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    After just a few years the wire was frayed and the plastic plug in connection was looking beat up


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The plug end looks just like a phone jack plug


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If at first it doesnt work rotate the arrow in the opposite direction


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A mouse or squirrel had eaten through the previous assembly and i was able to splice the old one and put it back together


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    That worked for about a year and then i was getting the low flow signal again


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have no idea why a rodent would chew on a random wire on a pool pump


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Maybe theyll leave this one alone


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If youre at all handy dont call the pool repair person to install this

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