I realized I need to schedule my pool opening. Any recommendations for NJ? I have a mesh safety cover. Pool is clear, outdoor temperature is always all over the place in NJ until end of May I feel. Last year was our first year as construction wasn’t finished until end of April. We had tons of pollen to fight and I cleaned out of the cartridge filter after I was done brushing the pool for the first month before starting up the heater. Kids didn’t jump in until mid May water was freezing but they couldn’t wait.
So I’d like to avoid as much pollen as possible unless it’s actually worse with the mesh cover and the pollen will be in the pool staining it with no running water skimmer sock helps (found it too late last year though). Other issue with too early is I have a single speed pump, I should have listened to the pros on here but my builder kept insisting we did not need a variable speed pump even though I questioned it several times. After one seasons electric bills I’d say I definitely need one, bill was about $400-$500 month. Another reason I’m not interested in opening too soon. Now do I wait until this one dies or do I suck it up and spend a couple thousand dollars for them to install a new pump after 1 season?
I’m thinking price out the new pump install, open end of April and wait to clean filter until pollen is done. I hate taking the thing apart and trying to get it tight enough when putting it back together.
Anything I should be aware of with variable speed pump? I was running my 2HP pump about 6-8 hrs a day based on daylight to make enough fc with my ichlor40 at about 40-60%. So I know for the chlorinator to work it has to run at atleast a certain flow rate. From what I know now even if I were to run a variable speed pump at the same speed and hours as I was running my single speed pump it will still be way cheaper since they are so much more efficient. Now I know I won’t have to but just for comparison reasons. I also have a pool heater.
So I’d like to avoid as much pollen as possible unless it’s actually worse with the mesh cover and the pollen will be in the pool staining it with no running water skimmer sock helps (found it too late last year though). Other issue with too early is I have a single speed pump, I should have listened to the pros on here but my builder kept insisting we did not need a variable speed pump even though I questioned it several times. After one seasons electric bills I’d say I definitely need one, bill was about $400-$500 month. Another reason I’m not interested in opening too soon. Now do I wait until this one dies or do I suck it up and spend a couple thousand dollars for them to install a new pump after 1 season?
I’m thinking price out the new pump install, open end of April and wait to clean filter until pollen is done. I hate taking the thing apart and trying to get it tight enough when putting it back together.
Anything I should be aware of with variable speed pump? I was running my 2HP pump about 6-8 hrs a day based on daylight to make enough fc with my ichlor40 at about 40-60%. So I know for the chlorinator to work it has to run at atleast a certain flow rate. From what I know now even if I were to run a variable speed pump at the same speed and hours as I was running my single speed pump it will still be way cheaper since they are so much more efficient. Now I know I won’t have to but just for comparison reasons. I also have a pool heater.