I think many of us will be dealing with abnormal temps this week. In our area, it looks like we could go 5 or more days below freezing with a few nights of single digit temps and much of the time being windy. We don't winterize, but just run the pump...normally.
For this snap, I am adding a Frost King heating cable, beefing up the insulation around our pool pad area (currently tarped), adding blankets to the equipment that doesn't get heat cable and adding a chicken coop warmer (already have a couple of incandescent lights). Is it all overkill? Probably, but I sure will sleep better at night! We also have a fairly large whole house generator and it's ready to rock and roll if necessary.
Also, here is a great thread on freezing and physics...all pool owners that deal w/ freezing temps should read this thread.
Recently, there have been a lot of questions from those living in moderate climates about using automatic freeze protection or running pumps to prevent freezing and what a pool owner should do when temperatures drop so I thought it might be useful to have a thread which dealt with the issue from...
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