Running the pump while in pool

[Yaniv]

Sometimes when i have more than a handful of people in the pool it can get dirty really fast.
Can i run the pump (on low) when people are there?

 

[Divin Dave]

yes. You can run it on high also if you want to.

 

[ranger_ric]

I run the pump or I dont run the pump...... when its the guys floating around with a glass of single barrel and a fine cigar we RUN the pump.. It gives us a lazy river experience. If it is about dusk and all the grandkids pile in the pool I RUN the pump..(mostly for the skimmer which grabs the suicidal bugs that land in the pool right at dusk....) If it is the middle of the day I dont usually run the pump. In MY pool it doesnt matter.. It is your pool.... what say you???

 

[mrodgers]

My pump comes on at 10 am and shuts off at 9 pm. After lunch and after dinner is when the kids will be swimming and if there is a single sighting of a bug, they go ballistic, LOL. So, must be skimmed continuously starting before they get in to get the previous night's floaters out.

 

[jimmerz]

We run the pump all the time while in the pool. I havent yet figured out the actual length of run time I need, but I usually turn it on when I leave for work (8am) and it will run sometimes until after dinner (6pm). All the while people will be swimming while it is running.

I try to run it at least for a few hours even on days that we are not going to swim, or it is rainy. What I need to find is a good timer to hook up somehoe so my pump will turn on and off without me!!!

 

[Yaniv]

Great, thank you all.

 

[Casey]

I like the pump running but my husband does not. He likes to stay in one spot and that's facing the sun. lol