Help with pump schedule.

[mrbongo01]

Hi every one....

Ok, we got our first electric bill in and all I can say is OUCH !!! However, we are using the default settings on our Pentair VS pump.

I am a total newb and this is my first pool. I would like to customize my settings to be more energy efficient. Based on my signature, can someone please help me come up with a schedule for the pump, what RPM and for how long a day ?

Thank you in advance...

Mike

 

[mas985]

Simple answer is as low an RPM as possible and for as short as possible.

I would start with 4 hours at 1000 RPM and see if the skimmers are capturing enough debris for your liking.

But before you change run time, how are you chlorinating?

 

[mrbongo01]

Simple answer is as low an RPM as possible and for as short as possible.

I would start with 4 hours at 1000 RPM and see if the skimmers are capturing enough debris for your liking.

But before you change run time, how are you chlorinating?

I'm using 12% liquid chlorine.

 

[mas985]

Ok, so as long as you are not relying on your Ozone generator, which I wouldn't then you can pretty much run as short as you want. If you are manually dosing it doesn't take much run time for just circulation. Probably less than 1 hour for your size pool. Plus the robot helps with that too. The rest of run time is just for removing debris so it is more of a personal choice as to what you can tolerate

 

[mrbongo01]

Thank you for the help and advice sir....