fountain help...... want to cool the pool

[rstephenson]

Our pool water (small in ground) is about 90-92 degrees in the heat of the day. We're in Texas and it's not even the hot part of the year yet.
Only about 3-4 hrs direct sunlight per day.

I THINK i wanted to put a fountain / sprayer on one of the returns BUT the return is 1.5 inch slip joint. Everything i find is for a 1.5 inch threaded joint.

Looking for suggestions before i go off and try to build a stand alone sprayer of some sort. Would rather not have more equipment drug into the pool but we really want to try to cool the pool water to make it a little more enjoyable.

as always, appreciate the input

 

[Texas Splash]

I hear ya. We're between 94-96 in my area. Ugh. While I made a PVC-type fountain, and I've seen several others on the forum, I generally try to cool our pool down when I add water. I have one of those fan nozzles that I aim a bit high to catch cooler air early in the morning without creating too much aeration (pH). Since I need to add water every 3 days or so anyway, it's a good time to do it. Brings the temp down a couple degrees.

 

[rstephenson]

I hear ya. We're between 94-96 in my area. Ugh. While I made a PVC-type fountain, and I've seen several others on the forum, I generally try to cool our pool down when I add water. I have one of those fan nozzles that I aim a bit high to catch cooler air early in the morning without creating too much aeration (pH). Since I need to add water every 3 days or so anyway, it's a good time to do it. Brings the temp down a couple degrees.

I'm right down the road in New Braunfels. Is that the nozzle you use for filling ?You don't have any kind of "regular" mister or sprayer plumbed into the pool ?

 

[Rancho Cost-a-Lotta]

Each of these will slip into a SCH 40 1.5" pipe. Could you build something from there?

Magic Plastics MagicMend Schedule 40 1-1/2 in. IPS in. X 1-1/2 in. D IPS PVC Insider Connector 1 pk - Ace Hardware

Why use an additional fitting when you can use a MagicMend Insider Connector? The MagicMend Insider Connector will join two pieces of PVC Schedule 40 pipe together. Should a pipe be cut off flush with concrete or buried underground, a MagicMend will easily solve the problem.Find the INSIDER...

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Magic Plastics MagicMend Schedule 40 1-1/2 in. IPS X 1-1/2 in. D IPS PVC Extender Fitting 1 pk - Ace Hardware

The MagicMend Extender Fitting is designed to go over fittings where there is not a sufficient amount of pipe left to connect to. Remove one fitting; connect the MagicMend Extender Fitting to the existing fitting and continue with PVC pipe that will solvent weld to the opposite end of the...

www.acehardware.com

 

[rstephenson]

Each of these will slip into a SCH 40 1.5" pipe. Could you build something from there?

Magic Plastics MagicMend Schedule 40 1-1/2 in. IPS in. X 1-1/2 in. D IPS PVC Insider Connector 1 pk - Ace Hardware

Why use an additional fitting when you can use a MagicMend Insider Connector? The MagicMend Insider Connector will join two pieces of PVC Schedule 40 pipe together. Should a pipe be cut off flush with concrete or buried underground, a MagicMend will easily solve the problem.Find the INSIDER...

www.acehardware.com

Magic Plastics MagicMend Schedule 40 1-1/2 in. IPS X 1-1/2 in. D IPS PVC Extender Fitting 1 pk - Ace Hardware

The MagicMend Extender Fitting is designed to go over fittings where there is not a sufficient amount of pipe left to connect to. Remove one fitting; connect the MagicMend Extender Fitting to the existing fitting and continue with PVC pipe that will solvent weld to the opposite end of the...

www.acehardware.com

That may work but it would stick out "into" the pool. And the returns that are in there are a TIGHT fit.
I've though about buying a dye and just threading the inside of the return pipe also.

 

[Texas Splash]

I'm right down the road in New Braunfels. Is that the nozzle you use for filling ?You don't have any kind of "regular" mister or sprayer plumbed into the pool ?

Correct. Mine is just a cheapo fan nozzle. I do have a stub-out as you can see below where I connected some 2: PVC with hloes drilled in it, but it's more of a fountain for fun or aeration and not so much to cool the water.