Running Your Pool Pump At Night
Best Answer: Ideally, you ought to run it 24/7. If you absolutely must turn it off or you have it on a timer, ensure that you at least get 18 hours per day run time. Residential pool pumps are sized so that they will turn over the entire pool volume 1.5 times in a 24 hour period. May 30, 2007 - Anyway, last summer I ran our pump night and day. The upside was that, along with chemicals, the pool stayed exceptionally clean.
Amount of time to run your pool pumpThe first thing to look at is how long your pump is running per day. If you do not own a timer, get one. Click here for our. Swimming pool pumps should be run an average 8 hours a day to properly circulate and clean your water. The pump should push your entire pool in gallons in this 8 hour period of time. However, often times swimming pool pump horse power is overrated for their size swimming pool. If it is overrated your pump may be pushing your water through in a 6 hour period or even a 4 hour period of time.
In this case you can reduce the time you run your swimming pool pump. According to Florida Power and Electric reducing a pool pump by 2 hours will save you about $10 per month. Here is the average monthly costs for the average 1 HP pump to run.1 HP - 4 Hours = $211 HP - 6 Hours = $311 HP - 8 Hours = $41A pool timer will help you keep your pump running the proper amount of time. Again, check your pool chemical balance if you see a drastic change revert back to the old amount of time your run your pool pump. Oversized Pool PumpsLike stated above many pool builders oversize the pool pump for their swimming pool. For swimming pool clarity reasons it is always better to have a higher HP pump then a lower HP pump, but for energy consumption reasons it is just sucking on your monthly bill. One option is to switch to a lower HP pump.
To figure out the proper size of your pool pump HP click on The. According to Florida Power and Electric reducing the average Florida pump (running 8 hours a day) from 1 1/2 HP down to 1 HP you can save about $19 per month.
This is $228 per year.1 HP 8 Hours = $411.5 HP 8 Hours = $58If you reduce the horsepower of the pump your filter will actually perform better. It will most likely be oversized compared to your pump and be able to filter out your water a little more properly. If you decide to go this route please ensure your calculations are correct. Switch to an EE motorIf you plan on staying in your home longer then 2 years then you definitely should upgrade your motor from a standard to a Energy Efficient motor.
Replacing your existing pump motor with an Energy Efficient motor can save your up to 33% on your electric bill. The same 1 HP pump listed above that is switched to a 1HP EE pump motor can save you $13 per month or $156 per year.1 HP - 8 Hours = $411 HP EE - 8 Hours = $28If you are in need of a new pump you should definitely purchase a EE model. The average cost difference between the standard and EE pool pumps is about $100.
You will make up this difference in less then 8 months.Click here for a list of all of our.Click here to find out. Posted: I have an 8500 gallon rectangle pool with a Jandy VS pump in Central Florida with Salt system. I keep getting conflicting answers for run times, speeds, etc. The pool company and service groups told me I shouldn't go lower then 2800 RPM. I have it on for 8 hrs/day.
I know I can move it to 6 hrs now that it's getting cooler but I feel like I can drop the RPMs too. I know there is 9.6 total dynamic head (28 feet from pool to pump). I've been getting my chemical levels tested and doing good (add a little something every once in a while). I just don't want to overdue my changes and mess it up.
It seems easier to keep it good then all the horror stories when I'm at the pool store of people trying to get it good. Anonymous Posted: Hi I just moved into a property with a pool was told by the pool shop here in Alice Springs, Australia my pool is 56000 litres I have a lot of soot and dirt at the bottom of my pool we have a vacuum obviously left by last tenants we have put together the best we could when we start it it goes for like 1 minute then stops we have it on filter is there a reason for this when we moved in the oool was green we’re just got the water levels acid chlorine all that right just don’t know how to get rid of the spot on the bottom any advice. Fred Posted: 6/19/2018 I live in southern Wisconsin and bought a house with an unground pool last year.
Both local pool supply businesses that I asked regarding how long to run the pump in my 26,000 gal. Pool told me to leave it running all of the time. I have a sand filter. One person made reference to it needing to run all of the time because of where I live. I would love to not have it run all of the time and don't understand why they would tell me that it's not recommended.
The pump was replaced a few years ago and I believe that it is a single speed pump. Inyopools Posted: 5/8/2018 Hello Leo - We appreciate your input. However, there are way more benefits to running a variable speed pump longer hours on a lower speed.
The energy savings is backed up by the Pump Affinity Law. Essentially, it states that the power consumption drops dramatically as the motor speed and water flow are decreased. A 1.65 HP variable speed pump will draw 1500 watts running at high speed, 3450 rpms. If you reduce that to 2100 rpms (not even half speed), the watts are 395. Also, running at lower speeds will extend the life of the filter and it will allow the filter to do a better job at cleaning the water.
Leo Posted: 5/7/2018 Not necessarily true as far as having a bigger pump on a smaller pool you're pushing more water value in less time I have a small pool 18000 gallons I call it my pond but if you have a larger pump that's going to push more water Valium and last time the less you have to run it and if your pool chemicals are online the last time you use that pump during the week I used mine 4 to 3 days a week so instead of 8 hours I run my pump three to four hours a day provided your pools maintain and well-kept I rest my case. InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 8/14/2017 julzb - Your pool contains just over 20,000 gallons of water. I can't tell you exactly how long you need to run your pump without knowing your pump size, but most people run their pumps 8 hrs a day during the pool season.
If you switch to low speed, you should run it 16 hours. Seems like you aren't saving any energy if you have to run it twice as long, but according to energy physics, when you drop the speed by half, you reduce your energy usage by 80% - less friction. And you can run your pump any time of the day. You are just trying to filter all the water in your pool each day.
Julzb Posted: 8/9/2017 Hi,we have a 30' round above ground pool 56' high, we estimate about 23,000 gal (although not sure about that). No idea how many gpm our pump does, because they never provided us with the manuals when they brought and set up our pool. But we know that it is a Hayward, and has 2 speeds, hi/low. We have been running it on high for the last 4 seasons, 24/7.
I would really like to cut down on the wasted electricity. I have a couple of questions. How many hours are necessary for this size of pool, should i be running it on low (which it is right now), and how many hours a day should i run it? Does it matter if that is during the sunlight hours, or night time?I would appreciate some answers.
Honestly, the people out here don't have a clue! InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R. Posted: 7/17/2017 Joe O' - We usually recommend a 1 1/2 HP pump for your 24,000+ gallon pool, but if you go to that size, you will definitely need to upgrade your filter to match the increased water flow (GPM) of the pump. If your pool maintenance was marginally good with a 3/4 HP pump and your filter was a little larger than you needed for a 3/4 HP pump, you might get by with a 1 HP pump and your existing filter. Check the GPM for a 1 HP motor against the GPM of your current filter. Joe O' Posted: 7/13/2017 We have an in ground 18 X 36 pool. 36 inches shallow end, 7 and a half feet in the deep end.
Original pump is 3/4 HP but I am likely changing it as we are replacing the liner and want to get everything up to speed at once.What size pump do you recommend and how many hours a day need I run it?We are on metered electricity with cheapest hydro by far being 7 PM to & AM weekdays and all Saturday Sunday. Peak hours on weekdays being more than double.PS.I bought our sand filter from you guys few years ago and have been very happy with it. InyoPools Product Specialist Dennis R.
Posted: 5/6/2017 Piper2 - The answer to this question depends on the size of your pump. For a large club pool like yours, your would want to filter the water 3-4 times to make sure it is clean. Check the water flow for your pump (GPM) to see how long you have to run it to turn the water over 3-4 times a day.
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To save money, I would look into buying a larger (2.67 HP) VS pump that you could run at a low speed during the night and step to during the day as required.