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RE: Building a pool - Rene - 09-06-2016
Pool pumps have dramatically improved in the last few years. The key for energy savings is getting a variable speed pump. We just upgraded our pool pump to the Pentair Inteliflo variable speed. The previous Hayward pump used about 8KWH an hour. The new pump is running about .2kwh. We run the pump for a longer period now but at a very low speed(700RPM) which saves tons of money. The pump now runs for about 14 hours a day and uses less energy in total than the older pump. I also bought the pump from Amazon with points from a AMeX card, so the pump was free(sorta).
RE: Building a pool - Guest - 09-06-2016
Eigoya >>> along your "ride" did you stop and actually talk to anyone ???? If you truly looking for real world information , I would opine most people here would be more than happy to share info with you. I am one.
RE: Building a pool - Carey - 09-07-2016
Peter, I would love it if I could get one of your swim ... er "water" troughs, only a little deeper, longer & wider.... but don't think you do that.... am I correct?
(our old Stainless steel cheese curd vat was a little deeper, wider, but the same length as your long water troughs.... and was almost PERFECT, easy to maintain, portable, but permanent.... woulda been absolutely perfect if it was a little longer to make it a lap lane for more average height people!
RE: Building a pool - shockwave rider - 09-07-2016
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Originally posted by Carey
Peter, I would love it if I could get one of your swim ... er "water" troughs, only a little deeper, longer & wider.... but don't think you do that.... am I correct?
(our old Stainless steel cheese curd vat was a little deeper, wider, but the same length as your long water troughs.... and was almost PERFECT, easy to maintain, portable, but permanent.... woulda been absolutely perfect if it was a little longer to make it a lap lane for more average height people!
There are resistance bands for use in small pools that turn any pool into an "endless pool." You basically just swim pulling against the band. I want a "swimming trough" too!
RE: Building a pool - Jeffhale - 09-07-2016
Have 18,000 gallon pool. I was like, yeah, finally, I've wanted to live with an in ground pool since a wee child!. I'll be exercising every day, as it's great for rheumatoid arthritis, best there is. fun parties the whole deal, yuppi! WRONG! 1st off, I've a whole new understanding of life now verses then.. 80 degrees is dam COLD! I can't belive how cold the ocean is/was when a kid, just remember the shivering 15 minutes and then running back in all day long. Hypothermia, I had no clue as it was too much fun. But now, ke-rap! I need 90. without heating that's just a few weeks out of the year. The maintenance, easy? NO! Nor are the tools, like robotic vacuum, or hand scrubbing or anything for that matter, cheap plastic junk that compare to toys, but for 10 times the money. . I did buy some used solar heating panels but then realized why people take them off. B/C if wind gets up there, it'll fly, leaving holes too.
Astatically we do loves it. a large deck and pool cage, screened, no bugs, and if get frog, easy to solve, [grin] . Freedom at any hour. A large tropical garden all around on the deck, it's very pleasing out there, any time looking out sliding glass doors the kitchen window and out of main bedroom too. ,, gotta love it..
A pride in ownership, another perk. But it goes like this, I used to play pool very regularly but didn't like people trying to gamble or drunks in bars. So, I bought one, after a few weeks, the new toy is short lived then, you play on it a few times a year, the rest of the time, it's a big bump in the house.
If I sell and buy another, either no pool or less than 10,000, like 8. And then, I have to ask, "What, I'm a gluten for punishment?"
Adding to my complication, my neighbor, uses super great machines. Chops that grass into dust, and absolutely refuses to use a mulcher attachment. and so, 3 days later, my dam pool is GREEN again!..
Salt? yeah guess what, you get what you pay for, in the long run, a little less effort if you can keep it balanced but short, there's very little difference between costs of chlorine and salt. You're just replacing the chlorine cost with very expensive cells (toys) a small chunk of copper for your money. and equipment. might get away with saving time but not money. Not in my view.
Our was fading after 20 years so we resurfaced $3,000 Ka-Ching!, the deck is concrete and I've just bought Travertine to redo it, $3,000 Ka-Ching!
And like any pool owner, keep a full wheelbarrow of copper pennies so you can shovel em in it daily. Buy stock or bonds in local utility company too.
If you've owned one before great, go out and get one, but if not,, and you didn't figure in expenses for a professional service all year long, year after year, you're in for a reality check. [wink]
RE: Building a pool - terracore - 09-07-2016
Here's a $150 Hawaii Energy Rebate on the purchase of a
Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) Pool Pump https://hawaiienergy.com/for-homes/rebates/additional-rebates