SWIMMING POOL: Pay attention to your pool pump, or you could pay more!

Building out your new backyard, may mean that you are adding a pool.  Or perhaps you are just looking to help our environment and save $’s at the same time by evaluating your present pool system…. 

SwimmingPoolBasics.com says…Your choice of a swimming pool pump is of great importance because of the fact that the correct selection can lead to a lot of saving on energy costs as well as in maintaining the correct temperature of the water.   By selecting a small, higher efficiency pump, you can save up to 75% in energy and maintenance bills depending upon the region you are located in.   The theory that works behind this logic that the larger the pump the greater the pumping costs and maintenance will be.

Your swimming pool pump often keeps on running much longer than necessary. For example, it is not necessary to keep the pump running under the mistaken belief that the chemicals will remain mixed only when the pump is running. Actually, as long as the pump is running when the chemicals are being mixed, they do not require any recirculation to remain mixed. Similarly you need only an occasional use of the pump for removing debris and algae. Daily removal of debris is quite effective with the use of a skimmer and a vacuum cleaner. The best way of removing algae is through scrubbing and not necessarily only by circulating water.   

The name of the trick is to reduce your filtration time by trial and error method. If the water does not appear to be clean you can increase the time in half hour slots to arrive at the correct filtration time. In one of the studies in Florida, many people were happy with the quality of water with a three hour daily filtration time. You can even install a self timer to the swimming pool pump to control its cycling and to activate it for short periods every day for debris removal.

[Article by SwimmingPoolBasics.com]

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