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I have several clients with indoor pools.
I do not recommend it unless you have lots of money to spend. As mentioned above, you require humidity management, usually done with a product called Dryatron. These are not inexpensive to operate as they are specialized air-conditioners. You have to run a pool motor constantly and a Dryatron constantly.
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Greg, why would you have to run the pool pump constantly? Is it different from an outdoor pool?
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I just know every time I am in the equipment area (usually for many hours at a time) the pool pumps never ever stop. This is at 3 different houses. Houses are also valued $3M and up.. so maybe they don't care?
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With time of use rates for electricity in Ontario running your pump at night can save you quite a bit and allow you to limit how much you use it during the expensive daylight hours. But like you said, maybe saving a few dollars isn't important to those home owners. |
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I would disagree that anything over 12hrs is a waste RE: pool pump management.
Stale chemicals, stained liners with stagnant chemicals not moving, etc. are all reasons to keep the water flowing, even at a very low speed if running a variable. Yes it will cost more, but if running a decent variable pump, we're talking a few dollars per month extra for the added 12hrs per day, at the correct low speed. |
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And what exactly are stale chemicals? And I'm not quite sure how stagnant chemicals will stain your liner (where do the stagnant chemicals come from), or at least how running your pump at low speed will fix that. I'm curious now.... |
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The exceptions that I can think of are adding salt, where you should keep your pump running for 24 hours with your chlorine generator turned off, and cyanuric acid (stabilizer) which can take a while to dissolve. When you add shock you should probably keep your pump going for a while also. But all of these only need to be added rarely. Salt and cyanuric acid maybe once or twice a year depending on how much rain we get. Shock shouldnt be needed too often either if you keep your chlorine levels in the correct range. So, at the beginning of the year, when you most often use these chemicals, I agree that you can benefit from running your pump all the time. But after a few days and once things are balanced, you really are running your pump for no real benefit if you run it more than what is required to turn over the water in your pool once per day. Just make sure that you are keeping your chlorine levels at the correct levels. Adjust your salt water generator appropriately if you adjust the number of hours that you run your pump. If you aren't comfortable with that then by all means run it 24/7. |
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