On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 23:09:43 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

On 10/5/2015 10:47 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 05 Oct 2015 22:02:24 -0700, Don Y
wrote:

That depends on where you live! : Here, it's rarely cool enough
to NOT have (or want) the ACbrrr to be on!

Sounds like Arizona. ;-)

Here in Florida we relish the days when you can open the windows
(Nov-Mar) and the hot tub feels good about the same time. In the
summer it is just swapping water with the pool and not really used at
all.

I don't think I know anyone with the "combination" hot-tub/pool
configuration. People tend to either have pools or hot tubs but
not usually both.

There is also a downside of using them in the hottest portions of
the year because those also tend to be the driest. It is not
uncommon to get out of a pool and find yourself enveloped in a
cloud of "steam" -- as all of the water on your body evaporates
quickly (which usually leaves you *freezing* cold -- even in 110F
temperatures stepping out of 105F water!). So, the humid parts
of summer (i.e., Monsoon) tend to be more comfortable *in* the
water.

We've considered purchasing an "infinite pool" to get the advantages
of a pool (exercise) and hot tub (soaks) -- without losing all
that land (and water!) to the alternative.


Different strokes I guess.

When the humidity is in the 80s, evaporation is not an issue but I
have been out there and I know what you are talking about.

My pool and spa are not a combo unit, they are about 50 feet apart.
There is just a common pipe that connects the spa overflow to the pool
suction via the vent and another valve that bleeds off a little pool
return water into the spa.