It is Time.....

[PoolGate]

Forecast for today, tomorrow and through Sunday is sunny and 90s. The pool has been running for a month or so but today I put on the heater.

Water temp is 72 and by tomorrow it should be close to 90 with the heater running.

We will be swimming!

 

[BassPlayingDude]

Congrats! Last weekend was the first for us here in the Philly area. Do you have a solar cover? Ours saves us a TON of propane, although it can be annoying to deal with sometimes.

 

[PoolGate]

Congrats! Last weekend was the first for us here in the Philly area. Do you have a solar cover? Ours saves us a TON of propane, although it can be annoying to deal with sometimes.

Ha - yes I do it is in the shed where it has been for 4 years. I hate putting it on and taking it off so don't use it anymore. I am resigned to burning the extra gas for the heat we'll lose. I need to toss it out actually it just takes up space.

 

[BassPlayingDude]

If you have kids, put it on their chore list!

 

[PoolGate]

Up to 80 so about a degree and a half/hour.

 

[PoolGate]

We swam a bit last night temp was a nice 88. Dropped to 84 overnight and have the heater running for a few hours now. Set point is 90.

 

[BassPlayingDude]

90??? It's a pool not a hot tub! Try 82-84, you will burn half the gas

 

[Pauls234]

My wife prefers pool temp in the low 90s as well so I get it. She doesn't swim as often as me so no big deal to turn it up once a week for a couple hours.

 

[PoolGate]

90??? It's a pool not a hot tub! Try 82-84, you will burn half the gas

Ha ha yeah my wife tells me I have spoiled her with my (very) warm pool water. She can't go back to even 88 anymore. We don't vacation almost at all. We got the pool specifically to enjoy our own property. Keeping it at 90 during the 3 month pool season probably costs me an extra $1k/year in gas over a more "reasonable" 85, but I sure hate swimming in "cold" water!