Money Saving Tip, Turn Off Your Pump Timer

[stevehaigh]

my pump timer s&%t the bed about 6 weeks ago and i have yet to get around to fixing it. so i turn the pump on and off manually.

but been lazy, i started leaving it longer and longer between pumps and now i have found that i can leave my pool for 1 week without any problems at all.

so now, i add chlorine once a week and run the pump all night (about 10hrs) once a week and the pool is perfect and using, i guess, a few baht a month in electric

i'm sure some of you will tell me this is a bad idea, but it works great for me and saves money so i'm sticking with it

Edited May 13, 2013 by stevehaigh

[tollgate]

This does sound as you are storing up a problem for the future. The water really needs to be circulated to ensure even chlorine distribution. Maybe if the pool is used a lot, then this is taking care of the circulation for you.

I am also surprised you add chlorine just once a week. Are you using liquid chlorine or pucks/granules?

[stevehaigh]

This does sound as you are storing up a problem for the future. The water really needs to be circulated to ensure even chlorine distribution. Maybe if the pool is used a lot, then this is taking care of the circulation for you.

I am also surprised you add chlorine just once a week. Are you using liquid chlorine or pucks/granules?

i'm using granulated chlorine and 1 time per week is easily enough to keep it clean. i put it in when i turn on the pump so it does get circulated.

i use about 1 liter of chlorine and the pool is 9x4

i do have the pool well shaded so the water stays cool which also helps

anyhow, i suggest anyone wanting to save a bit of money try my idea. what's the worst that can happen.

[Gsxrnz]

I tried to do the same but the house we rent has pool maintenance as part of the rental. The company comes in 3 times a week to clean and service etc. I turn the pump off but they come and turn it on again. I tried to explain what I was trying to do but oh no, they cannot do that because the owner not happy if pool/pump/water go kaput.

I still manage to save some power consumption but not as much as I'd like. I suspect that one day soon the pool maintenance company will override the manual setting as there were two blokes looking at the switches last week and I suspect that was there plan.....devious little buggers!!

[SantiSuk]

Don't pay the maid or clean your house either. That'll save more money. No need to incur all that pumping cost for flushing the toilet either. :-)

[johnnyk]

Don't pay the maid or clean your house either. That'll save more money. No need to incur all that pumping cost for flushing the toilet either. :-)

Pumping costs can be eliminated by stealing a bucket of water from the neighbour's pool to flush your bog. ;-)

[tollgate]

This does sound as you are storing up a problem for the future. The water really needs to be circulated to ensure even chlorine distribution. Maybe if the pool is used a lot, then this is taking care of the circulation for you.

I am also surprised you add chlorine just once a week. Are you using liquid chlorine or pucks/granules?

i'm using granulated chlorine and 1 time per week is easily enough to keep it clean. i put it in when i turn on the pump so it does get circulated.

i use about 1 liter of chlorine and the pool is 9x4

i do have the pool well shaded so the water stays cool which also helps

anyhow, i suggest anyone wanting to save a bit of money try my idea. what's the worst that can happen.

Adding that granulated chlorine once per week is going to give you a chlorine spike just after it's been added, and it will likely drift down close to zero after 7 days. Better to add a smaller dose every other day. Why not replace that timer as well - surely around B1000 max?

Running the pump is not very expensive. You probably have 1 hp? Running it 3 - 4 hours per day will likely cost less than B1000 per month.

Worst that can happen - a green unsanitised pool.

[jbrain]

This does sound as you are storing up a problem for the future. The water really needs to be circulated to ensure even chlorine distribution. Maybe if the pool is used a lot, then this is taking care of the circulation for you.

I am also surprised you add chlorine just once a week. Are you using liquid chlorine or pucks/granules?

i'm using granulated chlorine and 1 time per week is easily enough to keep it clean. i put it in when i turn on the pump so it does get circulated.

i use about 1 liter of chlorine and the pool is 9x4

i do have the pool well shaded so the water stays cool which also helps

anyhow, i suggest anyone wanting to save a bit of money try my idea. what's the worst that can happen.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/617814-even-the-doc-gets-nailed/