OT – Variable Speed Pool Pumps

[ocrenter]

[quote=jeeman]Has anyone priced out the cost of a solar pool heating system?[/quote]

I think they typically run about $5k.

would really consider an automatic pool cover instead. it is pricier, we got ours for $8k. Well hidden since we built it at the time of the pool construction. They do have ones they can install onto existing pools but do not look as clean.

It traps heat well and cut way down on evaporation. our pool has been at 81-83 over the last few days with just the pool cover.

with a pool cover, a pool vacuum, and a salt system, we don’t have any maintenance worries at all.

[scaredyclassic]

Data point; I put in a variable speed pump. Electric bill went down 180.00. Pump will pay for itself for me in about 6 months after the rebate. i was running the pump a lot, but still. now the water moves real slow for a long time, and i have the pump fast for an hour to move the vacuum. I am stuned at the savings, just got thefirst bill today. So happy. i mean, really really happy. 24.900 gallon pool.

[scaredyclassic]

Data point; I put in a variable speed pump. Electric bill went down 180.00. Pump will pay for itself for me in about 6 months after the rebate. i was running the pump a lot, but still. now the water moves real slow for a long time, and i have the pump fast for an hour to move the vacuum. I am stuned at the savings, just got thefirst bill today. So happy. i mean, really really happy. 24.900 gallon pool.

[scaredyclassic]

Data point; I put in a variable speed pump. Electric bill went down 180.00. Pump will pay for itself for me in about 6 months after the rebate. i was running the pump a lot, but still. now the water moves real slow for a long time, and i have the pump fast for an hour to move the vacuum. I am stuned at the savings, just got thefirst bill today. So happy. i mean, really really happy. 24.900 gallon pool.

[scaredyclassic]

Data point; I put in a variable speed pump. Electric bill went down 180.00. Pump will pay for itself for me in about 6 months after the rebate. i was running the pump a lot, but still. now the water moves real slow for a long time, and i have the pump fast for an hour to move the vacuum. I am stuned at the savings, just got thefirst bill today. So happy. i mean, really really happy. 24.900 gallon pool.

[scaredyclassic]

Data point; I put in a variable speed pump. Electric bill went down 180.00. Pump will pay for itself for me in about 6 months after the rebate. i was running the pump a lot, but still. now the water moves real slow for a long time, and i have the pump fast for an hour to move the vacuum. I am stuned at the savings, just got thefirst bill today. So happy. i mean, really really happy. 24.900 gallon pool.

[equalizer]

Don’t forget about drain safety. I’m sure there are many older pools that haven’t been retrofitted.

“Owning Up to a Boy’s Death
Rare but Grisly Swimming Pool Accident Spurs Unusual Prosecution of Executive”

“The prosecution spotlighted a rare but gruesome accident called entrapment, in which powerful suction from a pool’s drain traps a swimmer underwater. The case also could pave the way for similar prosecutions.

After the six-year-old, Zachary Cohn, was fatally trapped underwater in 2007 with his arm caught in the pool’s drain, Connecticut prosecutors charged Mr. Lionetti, president of Shoreline Pools, of Stamford, with manslaughter.

The prosecutors claimed that the company had failed to install a device that would have shut off the pump when an object got in the way.

Mr. Lionetti last month pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, criminally negligent homicide, in what many safety advocates hope is a turning point in decades of efforts to force pool makers to address entrapment more aggressively. The plea, which averted a possible 10-year prison sentence, imposes a three-year term of probation and requires Mr. Lionetti to perform 500 hours of community service, much of which he will fulfill with janitorial services at a local Boys & Girls Club.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704681904576317032558409082.html?KEYWORDS=lionetti

[equalizer]

Don’t forget about drain safety. I’m sure there are many older pools that haven’t been retrofitted.

“Owning Up to a Boy’s Death
Rare but Grisly Swimming Pool Accident Spurs Unusual Prosecution of Executive”

“The prosecution spotlighted a rare but gruesome accident called entrapment, in which powerful suction from a pool’s drain traps a swimmer underwater. The case also could pave the way for similar prosecutions.

After the six-year-old, Zachary Cohn, was fatally trapped underwater in 2007 with his arm caught in the pool’s drain, Connecticut prosecutors charged Mr. Lionetti, president of Shoreline Pools, of Stamford, with manslaughter.

The prosecutors claimed that the company had failed to install a device that would have shut off the pump when an object got in the way.

Mr. Lionetti last month pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, criminally negligent homicide, in what many safety advocates hope is a turning point in decades of efforts to force pool makers to address entrapment more aggressively. The plea, which averted a possible 10-year prison sentence, imposes a three-year term of probation and requires Mr. Lionetti to perform 500 hours of community service, much of which he will fulfill with janitorial services at a local Boys & Girls Club.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704681904576317032558409082.html?KEYWORDS=lionetti

[equalizer]

Don’t forget about drain safety. I’m sure there are many older pools that haven’t been retrofitted.

“Owning Up to a Boy’s Death
Rare but Grisly Swimming Pool Accident Spurs Unusual Prosecution of Executive”

“The prosecution spotlighted a rare but gruesome accident called entrapment, in which powerful suction from a pool’s drain traps a swimmer underwater. The case also could pave the way for similar prosecutions.

After the six-year-old, Zachary Cohn, was fatally trapped underwater in 2007 with his arm caught in the pool’s drain, Connecticut prosecutors charged Mr. Lionetti, president of Shoreline Pools, of Stamford, with manslaughter.

The prosecutors claimed that the company had failed to install a device that would have shut off the pump when an object got in the way.

Mr. Lionetti last month pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, criminally negligent homicide, in what many safety advocates hope is a turning point in decades of efforts to force pool makers to address entrapment more aggressively. The plea, which averted a possible 10-year prison sentence, imposes a three-year term of probation and requires Mr. Lionetti to perform 500 hours of community service, much of which he will fulfill with janitorial services at a local Boys & Girls Club.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704681904576317032558409082.html?KEYWORDS=lionetti

[equalizer]

Don’t forget about drain safety. I’m sure there are many older pools that haven’t been retrofitted.

“Owning Up to a Boy’s Death
Rare but Grisly Swimming Pool Accident Spurs Unusual Prosecution of Executive”

“The prosecution spotlighted a rare but gruesome accident called entrapment, in which powerful suction from a pool’s drain traps a swimmer underwater. The case also could pave the way for similar prosecutions.

After the six-year-old, Zachary Cohn, was fatally trapped underwater in 2007 with his arm caught in the pool’s drain, Connecticut prosecutors charged Mr. Lionetti, president of Shoreline Pools, of Stamford, with manslaughter.

The prosecutors claimed that the company had failed to install a device that would have shut off the pump when an object got in the way.

Mr. Lionetti last month pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, criminally negligent homicide, in what many safety advocates hope is a turning point in decades of efforts to force pool makers to address entrapment more aggressively. The plea, which averted a possible 10-year prison sentence, imposes a three-year term of probation and requires Mr. Lionetti to perform 500 hours of community service, much of which he will fulfill with janitorial services at a local Boys & Girls Club.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704681904576317032558409082.html?KEYWORDS=lionetti

[equalizer]

Don’t forget about drain safety. I’m sure there are many older pools that haven’t been retrofitted.

“Owning Up to a Boy’s Death
Rare but Grisly Swimming Pool Accident Spurs Unusual Prosecution of Executive”

“The prosecution spotlighted a rare but gruesome accident called entrapment, in which powerful suction from a pool’s drain traps a swimmer underwater. The case also could pave the way for similar prosecutions.

After the six-year-old, Zachary Cohn, was fatally trapped underwater in 2007 with his arm caught in the pool’s drain, Connecticut prosecutors charged Mr. Lionetti, president of Shoreline Pools, of Stamford, with manslaughter.

The prosecutors claimed that the company had failed to install a device that would have shut off the pump when an object got in the way.

Mr. Lionetti last month pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor, criminally negligent homicide, in what many safety advocates hope is a turning point in decades of efforts to force pool makers to address entrapment more aggressively. The plea, which averted a possible 10-year prison sentence, imposes a three-year term of probation and requires Mr. Lionetti to perform 500 hours of community service, much of which he will fulfill with janitorial services at a local Boys & Girls Club.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704681904576317032558409082.html?KEYWORDS=lionetti

[jeeman]

ocrenter,

The SWG has been a God-send. I used to be out there, testing chemical levels and pouring in bleach to do the BBB method. The SWG has reduced that to twice a month. It comes out to equal cost over 3-4 years in money alone, but that time saved has put it way over the top.

I got Circupool for $800, and paid someone $100 to install it, and another $50 in parts. Electricity costs every day is around 40c/day.

jeeman

[jeeman]

ocrenter,

The SWG has been a God-send. I used to be out there, testing chemical levels and pouring in bleach to do the BBB method. The SWG has reduced that to twice a month. It comes out to equal cost over 3-4 years in money alone, but that time saved has put it way over the top.

I got Circupool for $800, and paid someone $100 to install it, and another $50 in parts. Electricity costs every day is around 40c/day.

jeeman

[jeeman]

ocrenter,

The SWG has been a God-send. I used to be out there, testing chemical levels and pouring in bleach to do the BBB method. The SWG has reduced that to twice a month. It comes out to equal cost over 3-4 years in money alone, but that time saved has put it way over the top.

I got Circupool for $800, and paid someone $100 to install it, and another $50 in parts. Electricity costs every day is around 40c/day.

jeeman

[jeeman]

ocrenter,

The SWG has been a God-send. I used to be out there, testing chemical levels and pouring in bleach to do the BBB method. The SWG has reduced that to twice a month. It comes out to equal cost over 3-4 years in money alone, but that time saved has put it way over the top.

I got Circupool for $800, and paid someone $100 to install it, and another $50 in parts. Electricity costs every day is around 40c/day.

jeeman

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