wolfgang wrote:

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Now I am in the process of reducing the recurring bills. Thank god
natural gas is cheap, but electricity is a killer. I just got my
bill of $330.00 covering from mid June to mid August. This includes
air conditioning and a 3/4 HP pool pump that runs continuously for 6
months of the year. Any suggestions on how to improve motor
efficiency here?

Do you get much use from the pool?
A friend of mine decided the pain and expense
wasn't worth it.
She chopped out the bottom of her pool and had
lots of clean fill dirt put in. It improved
the efficiency mightily and boosted the sale
price of the place, when she did decide to move.

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Here is a cute anecdote of our 35+ years together:
Whenever I appeared to be searching for something my wife would ask
"What are you looking for?" To which I would reply with my standard
line of "fame, fortune, fast cars, and loose women". To which my wife
would reply "Well dear, 2 out of 4 isn't bad, is it?????"



--Winston