Hayward calculator for pump energy use? Reality or fantasy?

[epro05]

For what it's worth, I run my 1.5HP single speed pump only 2 hours per day, and the pool stays clean (about $0.26 per hour at $0.10 per KWH). I will occasionally run it a bit longer if the pool gets dirty for some reason, or I will manually vacuum during leaf drop season. Pretty economical for me.

 

[kywildcats]

I guess my question about the spread sheet would be, does this take in consideration of pump run time in Salt water pools??

 

[mas985]

You would just need to take into account the minimum run time for chlorine production which may or may not be a limiting factor. In most cases, a SWG can produce enough FC in less than 4 hours if set properly so it really shouldn't be a limiting factor unless you have a undersized SWG.