Gal per min
- Thread starter bambammurillo
- Start date
- May 3, 2014
- 58,717
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Welcome to the fourm.
To be honest, the flowrate through the pump is not meaningful and neither is turnover of your pool water. Chemistry keeps your water clear. The filter just collects stuff that falls in the pool.
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To actually calculate flowrate you must have a complex description of your entire plumbing system and the head loss in it at various rates. Not worth the time or effort.
To be honest, the flowrate through the pump is not meaningful and neither is turnover of your pool water. Chemistry keeps your water clear. The filter just collects stuff that falls in the pool.
Read Pump Run Time
To actually calculate flowrate you must have a complex description of your entire plumbing system and the head loss in it at various rates. Not worth the time or effort.
bam,
Why? The idea that you have to "turnover" you pool water is just a myth... Chlorine, at the appropriate level for your CYA, is what keeps your pool water crystal clear, the filter is just there to capture the stuff that falls into your pool and does not get picked up by the skimmer baskets. You only need to run your pump for the following reasons...
1. To keep surface debris moving and being pushed into the skimmers. The more debris the more often you need to run the pump.
2. If you have a Salt Water Chlorine Generator (SWCG) or a 3" tablet feeder, you'll need to run it long enough to generate the amount of chlorine needed.
3. To circulate the water to ensure the chlorine is effectively distributed throughout the pool. Two or three hours per day is all that is needed for this to happen in most pools.
That said, it is your pool and you can run it 24/7 if you want... you just don't have to worry about turnovers..
You should read through our pool school..
Thanks,
Jim R.
Why? The idea that you have to "turnover" you pool water is just a myth... Chlorine, at the appropriate level for your CYA, is what keeps your pool water crystal clear, the filter is just there to capture the stuff that falls into your pool and does not get picked up by the skimmer baskets. You only need to run your pump for the following reasons...
1. To keep surface debris moving and being pushed into the skimmers. The more debris the more often you need to run the pump.
2. If you have a Salt Water Chlorine Generator (SWCG) or a 3" tablet feeder, you'll need to run it long enough to generate the amount of chlorine needed.
3. To circulate the water to ensure the chlorine is effectively distributed throughout the pool. Two or three hours per day is all that is needed for this to happen in most pools.
That said, it is your pool and you can run it 24/7 if you want... you just don't have to worry about turnovers..
You should read through our pool school..
Thanks,
Jim R.
Thank you, I will read through it. I appreciate the input. I try to keep fc and cya at good levels, I’m just playing with the pump run time to conserve energy and money.
- May 3, 2014
- 58,717
- Pool Size
- 6000
- Surface
- Fiberglass
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
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cfherrman
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I suspect that Casey is saying that the less you run the pump the lower your electrical bill, which is what the OP was wanting to do. Obviously, this has more of an impact when running a single speed pump then it does for a VS pump. You still save not running a VS pump, but since the VS is so cheap to run to begin with, you soon run into the law of diminishing returns.
Thanks,
Jim R.
cfherrman
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