"Ross Mac" wrote in message
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I run my pool pump about 6 hours a day as recommended by the builder. I
think this is excessive from the calculations I have made from several
websites which recommend 2 to 3 hours a day for my equipment. The pump is a
Whisperflow WF26 @ 1.5 HP and plumbed with 2 inch PVC. The cartridge filter
is a Pentair CC150 with 150 square feet of media and runs clean at 8psi.
The pool is somewhere around 9500 gallons and is screened in to keep the
creatures of Florida out. As far as "feet of head" I can only guess at 40
or so. I have had no problems with the pool but would like to save on the
electric bill if at all possible. Can I get away with 3 hours or so??
Thanks in advance for any help.....Ross


I was told by my friend (who owns a service company that services several
Las Vegas hotels) that you should run the pump one hour a day for every ten
degrees of maximum temperature, with an eight your max. I think your water
would get skanky real soon at two hours a day. Swimming pool water
skankiness is far far easier to prevent than to cure.

Steve