It's hoooott. Pool fountain helping?

[david_]

Pool temp 92. Water sprinkling from fountain at bottom of stream: 91. It's powered from hose bib on pump.

I guess I need to see my fountain GPM to see how long that takes to lower my 30k gallons a single degree.

But really.. I'll probably only run this at night/morning when the temperature difference is bigger. Was a cheap experiment either way. Thanks TFP.

 

[Texas Splash]

I run my sprinkler misting early in the morning for maximum results and hopefully less impact from the wind. Creative method you made though.

PS - Yes, it's HOT!

 

[tyleraugat]

Forgive me I am not that smart. How does the water go up the pvc pipe?

 

[david_]

I have a hose bib I can turn on/off near the output side of my pump. The pressure pushes the water up and out the PVC.

 

[superdave5599]

In the sump pump section of our local big box home store (Menards in this case) I purchased an 1 1/2 male thread sump pump adapter that has a garden hose adapter on the other end. That screws right into the pool return threads.

I then attached a garden hose Y with two shut off valves to that, with a hose going to my DIY solar heater and the other returning to the pool. With the two shut off valves, I can adjust how much water goes through the heater system.

I had the heater disconnected, but I'm currently considering hooking it back up with the pump clock flipped 12 hours, so it runs at night and cools the water! Maybe I'll hook up a regular lawn sprinkler to the outlet of the heater for even more cooling. Last night the water was 89 degrees and I'm sure it's warmer today.