so i have a 1 speed pump on my pool and currently have my SWG at 40% for 12 hours, so really the SWG is only on for 4.8 hours. So i was thinking wouldnt it be easy to just add trippers to my timer so my pump and swg can go turn on and off more times out of the day, and just turn my SWG to 100%. maybe on for 1 hour and off for one 1 hour. that should atleast cut my energy in half right.
Adding tripper to timers
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Sure you can add more trippers to turn on and off the pump. Many people do that. I am not sure there is much advantage to going to more than 2 run periods though (day and night).
I might suggest running 3 hours during the day and 2 hours at night and bumping up the SWG output ... running the SWG at 100% for the minimum amount of time possible will lower the electric bill as much as you can.
I might suggest running 3 hours during the day and 2 hours at night and bumping up the SWG output ... running the SWG at 100% for the minimum amount of time possible will lower the electric bill as much as you can.
oh ok i was thinking maybe 2 hours in the morning, 2 hours around noon and 2 hours in the evening before sunset
That would be fine too ... it really does not make too much difference when you run the pump. With a SWG, I often would run at night to bump up the FC level when there is no sun to worry about.