$250 per month to run the pump??!! According to a source I found it’s more like $20/month.
I don’t know how much it costs to run our pool pump, but when I read the post saying $250/month got me concerned enough to check into it. We have a typical size pool (pool builders call it standard size). We run our 1HP pump an average of 5 hrs/day (6 hrs/day in summer and 4 hrs/day in winter). I found a May 2008 chart on-line ( http://www.mid.org/services/save/poolPumpCost0805e.pdf )that shows the power costs for Modesto. I don’t live there, but I figure my area can’t be that different. According to the chart it costs me an average of $20 per month to run the pump. We have solar heating so heatings free. The pool man cost $50 per month.
