I live in CA, and have PGE for my power, so its expensive. I typically hit Tier4 during the summer which is .32/kwh. My home I purchased last year in June has an older pump, but it it so weathered I can not tell what it is, or even where to find a label to try to figure out what to look at for replacement. I know I was very interested in the Ecopump setup, I first was looking at the UV light setups to help control chemical use as I have not been very good with keeping the levels where they need to be, and one of the manufactures of the UV setup (spectralight, I think) has a sister company I'm guessing that sells the ecopump. I emailed on the UV setup and they said they have the abillity to get the pump too, so when I emailed the place for the pump I got a response from the same guy I was speaking to about the light, just different email address... (full name listed, and after speaking to him he confirmed same guy)..
So after seeing the pricing on their complete package, I thought it was very costly. I have been reading here for awhile and finally joined today and wanted to get some thoughts on my pool. It is a good sized pool, I was told by a guy from Leslie's pool that was nice enough to come out and help me get pool chemicals up and running so kids can use it while we moved furniture, etc, and he said looks to be roughly 20,000-23,000 gallons. How can I figure out what is a good pump to get, and be as energy efficient as possible, like I said I have been hitting tier 4 for awhile now, and it is frustrating when you get PGE bill of over $700. monthly, and have changed all lights to LED, rarely use the heater, A/C sparingly too as this bill is outrageous. I have spoken to PGE and they said when my pool pump is running I am typically at 3kwh, and when not (like middle of night) I am less than 1 kwh. So they are thinking my pool pump is taking close to 2kwh... There is so much to learn and yes I am new learning but need to get some guidance....
I will try to get more info from my existing pump tonight, but what else should I be trying to solve for?
So after seeing the pricing on their complete package, I thought it was very costly. I have been reading here for awhile and finally joined today and wanted to get some thoughts on my pool. It is a good sized pool, I was told by a guy from Leslie's pool that was nice enough to come out and help me get pool chemicals up and running so kids can use it while we moved furniture, etc, and he said looks to be roughly 20,000-23,000 gallons. How can I figure out what is a good pump to get, and be as energy efficient as possible, like I said I have been hitting tier 4 for awhile now, and it is frustrating when you get PGE bill of over $700. monthly, and have changed all lights to LED, rarely use the heater, A/C sparingly too as this bill is outrageous. I have spoken to PGE and they said when my pool pump is running I am typically at 3kwh, and when not (like middle of night) I am less than 1 kwh. So they are thinking my pool pump is taking close to 2kwh... There is so much to learn and yes I am new learning but need to get some guidance....
I will try to get more info from my existing pump tonight, but what else should I be trying to solve for?