Pros and cons of having a pool… and how much $$$/month to maintain pool?

[Diego Mamani]

Whether a pool adds to a house’s resale value depends on the neighborhood. If more than half of the houses have pools, then it’ll be easier to sell a house with a pool.

OTOH, if pools are rare where you live, selling a house with a pool may be a PITA. Regarding small kids, my cousins had fences installed, a good padlock, and only mom kept the only key for it, so they were assured of having no accidents. The kids are now 21 and 19, and the 1994-built house with a pool had to short-sold a few months back! (But that’s another story…)

[jficquette]

[quote=george]$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.[/quote]

That looks about right. I ran my pumps 14 hours a day because it was 11 feet at the deep end. Never build a deep pool.

My pump used 3.5 horsepower so 750 watts a horsepower for 14 hours a day is about $7.00 a day x 30 or $210 +-

Now add in the gas to heat it and you get another $200-300 a month.

Here is an exercise I found on the Internet on how much it costs for a light bulb:

“A 60 Watt light bulb uses 60 Watts of power in a period of one hour or 60 Watts in one minute or 60 Watts in one second or 60 Watts during any period of time.”

“How much total energy a 60 Watt light bulb “consumes”, which is the amount of electricity that has to be paid-for, is measured in Watt-hours. So a 60 Watt bulb consumes 60 Watt-hours in one hour, or 60 x 24 = 1440 Watt-hours if it is left switched on for 24 hours in one day.

That is the same as 1.44 kiloWatt-hours (kW-h), so, if you look up what your electricity supplier charges for 1 kW-h you can figure out how much it would cost you in money. If 1 kW-h costs you 25 cents, then leaving a 60 Watt light bulb switched on for 24 hours would cost you 1.44 x 25 = 36 cents.”

John

[jficquette]

[quote=george]$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.[/quote]

That looks about right. I ran my pumps 14 hours a day because it was 11 feet at the deep end. Never build a deep pool.

My pump used 3.5 horsepower so 750 watts a horsepower for 14 hours a day is about $7.00 a day x 30 or $210 +-

Now add in the gas to heat it and you get another $200-300 a month.

Here is an exercise I found on the Internet on how much it costs for a light bulb:

“A 60 Watt light bulb uses 60 Watts of power in a period of one hour or 60 Watts in one minute or 60 Watts in one second or 60 Watts during any period of time.”

“How much total energy a 60 Watt light bulb “consumes”, which is the amount of electricity that has to be paid-for, is measured in Watt-hours. So a 60 Watt bulb consumes 60 Watt-hours in one hour, or 60 x 24 = 1440 Watt-hours if it is left switched on for 24 hours in one day.

That is the same as 1.44 kiloWatt-hours (kW-h), so, if you look up what your electricity supplier charges for 1 kW-h you can figure out how much it would cost you in money. If 1 kW-h costs you 25 cents, then leaving a 60 Watt light bulb switched on for 24 hours would cost you 1.44 x 25 = 36 cents.”

John

[jficquette]

[quote=george]$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.[/quote]

That looks about right. I ran my pumps 14 hours a day because it was 11 feet at the deep end. Never build a deep pool.

My pump used 3.5 horsepower so 750 watts a horsepower for 14 hours a day is about $7.00 a day x 30 or $210 +-

Now add in the gas to heat it and you get another $200-300 a month.

Here is an exercise I found on the Internet on how much it costs for a light bulb:

“A 60 Watt light bulb uses 60 Watts of power in a period of one hour or 60 Watts in one minute or 60 Watts in one second or 60 Watts during any period of time.”

“How much total energy a 60 Watt light bulb “consumes”, which is the amount of electricity that has to be paid-for, is measured in Watt-hours. So a 60 Watt bulb consumes 60 Watt-hours in one hour, or 60 x 24 = 1440 Watt-hours if it is left switched on for 24 hours in one day.

That is the same as 1.44 kiloWatt-hours (kW-h), so, if you look up what your electricity supplier charges for 1 kW-h you can figure out how much it would cost you in money. If 1 kW-h costs you 25 cents, then leaving a 60 Watt light bulb switched on for 24 hours would cost you 1.44 x 25 = 36 cents.”

John

[jficquette]

[quote=george]$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.[/quote]

That looks about right. I ran my pumps 14 hours a day because it was 11 feet at the deep end. Never build a deep pool.

My pump used 3.5 horsepower so 750 watts a horsepower for 14 hours a day is about $7.00 a day x 30 or $210 +-

Now add in the gas to heat it and you get another $200-300 a month.

Here is an exercise I found on the Internet on how much it costs for a light bulb:

“A 60 Watt light bulb uses 60 Watts of power in a period of one hour or 60 Watts in one minute or 60 Watts in one second or 60 Watts during any period of time.”

“How much total energy a 60 Watt light bulb “consumes”, which is the amount of electricity that has to be paid-for, is measured in Watt-hours. So a 60 Watt bulb consumes 60 Watt-hours in one hour, or 60 x 24 = 1440 Watt-hours if it is left switched on for 24 hours in one day.

That is the same as 1.44 kiloWatt-hours (kW-h), so, if you look up what your electricity supplier charges for 1 kW-h you can figure out how much it would cost you in money. If 1 kW-h costs you 25 cents, then leaving a 60 Watt light bulb switched on for 24 hours would cost you 1.44 x 25 = 36 cents.”

John

[jficquette]

[quote=george]$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.[/quote]

That looks about right. I ran my pumps 14 hours a day because it was 11 feet at the deep end. Never build a deep pool.

My pump used 3.5 horsepower so 750 watts a horsepower for 14 hours a day is about $7.00 a day x 30 or $210 +-

Now add in the gas to heat it and you get another $200-300 a month.

Here is an exercise I found on the Internet on how much it costs for a light bulb:

“A 60 Watt light bulb uses 60 Watts of power in a period of one hour or 60 Watts in one minute or 60 Watts in one second or 60 Watts during any period of time.”

“How much total energy a 60 Watt light bulb “consumes”, which is the amount of electricity that has to be paid-for, is measured in Watt-hours. So a 60 Watt bulb consumes 60 Watt-hours in one hour, or 60 x 24 = 1440 Watt-hours if it is left switched on for 24 hours in one day.

That is the same as 1.44 kiloWatt-hours (kW-h), so, if you look up what your electricity supplier charges for 1 kW-h you can figure out how much it would cost you in money. If 1 kW-h costs you 25 cents, then leaving a 60 Watt light bulb switched on for 24 hours would cost you 1.44 x 25 = 36 cents.”

John

[Coronita]

Just want to bring this up…

Isn’t CA going on water rationing soon, if we don’t get enough rainfall?

[Coronita]

Just want to bring this up…

Isn’t CA going on water rationing soon, if we don’t get enough rainfall?

[Coronita]

Just want to bring this up…

Isn’t CA going on water rationing soon, if we don’t get enough rainfall?

[Coronita]

Just want to bring this up…

Isn’t CA going on water rationing soon, if we don’t get enough rainfall?

[Coronita]

Just want to bring this up…

Isn’t CA going on water rationing soon, if we don’t get enough rainfall?

[bob2007]

Have a pool – its awesome. When had type type of pool fence that you plug into holes around the pool for when the kids were small. Now its not a problem.

The variable speed pump uses much less power than constant speed older ones. Power Costs about $69 per month. The solar keeps it above 80 8 months of the year (I live inland). So no gas/heat costs other than the pump runs higher rpm 3-4 hours per day.

It doesn’t seem to lose much water, so I’m not sure water rationing is a major issue, other than filling it the first time. You do need to change the water once in a while. Not sure, but I heard 5 years? At some point it seems the water chemical balance can’t be corrected as easily.

[bob2007]

Have a pool – its awesome. When had type type of pool fence that you plug into holes around the pool for when the kids were small. Now its not a problem.

The variable speed pump uses much less power than constant speed older ones. Power Costs about $69 per month. The solar keeps it above 80 8 months of the year (I live inland). So no gas/heat costs other than the pump runs higher rpm 3-4 hours per day.

It doesn’t seem to lose much water, so I’m not sure water rationing is a major issue, other than filling it the first time. You do need to change the water once in a while. Not sure, but I heard 5 years? At some point it seems the water chemical balance can’t be corrected as easily.

[bob2007]

Have a pool – its awesome. When had type type of pool fence that you plug into holes around the pool for when the kids were small. Now its not a problem.

The variable speed pump uses much less power than constant speed older ones. Power Costs about $69 per month. The solar keeps it above 80 8 months of the year (I live inland). So no gas/heat costs other than the pump runs higher rpm 3-4 hours per day.

It doesn’t seem to lose much water, so I’m not sure water rationing is a major issue, other than filling it the first time. You do need to change the water once in a while. Not sure, but I heard 5 years? At some point it seems the water chemical balance can’t be corrected as easily.

[bob2007]

Have a pool – its awesome. When had type type of pool fence that you plug into holes around the pool for when the kids were small. Now its not a problem.

The variable speed pump uses much less power than constant speed older ones. Power Costs about $69 per month. The solar keeps it above 80 8 months of the year (I live inland). So no gas/heat costs other than the pump runs higher rpm 3-4 hours per day.

It doesn’t seem to lose much water, so I’m not sure water rationing is a major issue, other than filling it the first time. You do need to change the water once in a while. Not sure, but I heard 5 years? At some point it seems the water chemical balance can’t be corrected as easily.

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