My water is almost 100 degrees!

[Acmfl]

It's not even July yet. I don't have aeration except for my return. I have my Polaris 65 hooked to it all the time. how do you guys and gals cool down your AGP besides aeration?

My water is great and I keep a close eye on it, it's just starting to get too hot.

 

[jblizzle]

Aeration is the only option unless you want to spend a lot of money and buy a chilling unit plus the power to run it.

Well actually if you have solar heating panels you can run them at night and that cools the pool as well.

 

[Esloser]

Bags of ice?

 

[Acmfl]

I didn't think about the solar panel option. We are considering it as a winter mod.

I thought about ice...anybody try it? I wonder how much I'd need?

 

[jblizzle]

Ice will never work. you will never be able to add enough to have any noticeable difference, unless you have some industrial-sized ice makers.

 

[dolphina]

I had almost a 100 a few days ago. Adding cold water from the hose and running solar heater at night for couple nights now helped to cool it down to 86-87. Now added a fountain to the return.

 

[pooldv]

Running solar at night will work, that's what we do. Something like this will also help. Skippy's New Fountain. Especially at night.

 

[Roller pigeon flyer]

If you have a deep freezer freeze some large containers into blocks. I found some knock off Tupperware at the dollar store that are about two gallons. Tossing about five in brings temps down my pool sits in Sun most of the day 22x52 Coleman.

 

[Catanzaro]

How about something that reflects heat away! I know this is far fetched, but think about a car with the windows closed. Temps can reach 160 or greater. Now the trunk, that is closed. Temps are not the same. Some sort of shade mechanism. Even a big umbrella may work or something hand made. I will put a thermometer today in the trunk to actually see what happens (just as a test).

My water never stays warm enough and am now back to working on a heater (gas vs. heat pump). Only need a few degree's.

 

[rjbergen]

Maybe you can hang a shade sail over the pool?

 

[philc]

I run a fountain from my return, it works pretty well to cool down the pool.

 

[chuckles19]

This sail worked for us: Beating the Heat!

Tied to trees with come-alongs for easy lowering and raising.

Even with outside temps 98-100 pool never gets over 86.

Gary R.

 

[Wiggledog]

I love using my solar panels at night. Last year our pool was hitting 100 and no one wanted to get in but my hubby. I ran the solar panels all night and it dropped it 8 to 10 degrees and, like you said, you can use the same panels in the winter to warm your pool and extend your swimming season.

 

[smankins]

I bought one of these the other day since the price dropped to just over $12. Keep an eye on the price - it seems to fluctuate quite a bit so you might get it when it swings low. I think it is about $17 while I am posting this. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026MTCOU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It puts out a pretty good spray with my pump on low speed. I just put it in the pool yesterday and have not been in there but the grandkids like it and say the spray water is "cold".

 

[pooldv]

Wow, that is about to be a lot of deck!

One note about using a fountain to cool your pools. The extra aeration will push your pH up so keep an eye on it.

 

[Acmfl]

I went ahead and purchased this for now. I keep my Polaris 65 hooked up all the time now on my 1 return so I'm going to have to attach and reattach when I want to use the Polaris. Right now I run my pump for 4 hrs at dawn and 2 hours at dusk. I will switch it to 6 hrs at dusk instead. Pooldv, I will keep a sharp eye on my PH. I will probably still add a solar panel later this year. I had originally thought it wouldn't be worth it for Florida, but now realizing it can cool the pool also it seems like a no brainer!

You guys and gals rock, thanks for all the options! I will report back on the fountain.

I bought one of these the other day since the price dropped to just over $12. Keep an eye on the price - it seems to fluctuate quite a bit so you might get it when it swings low. I think it is about $17 while I am posting this. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026MTCOU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 It puts out a pretty good spray with my pump on low speed. I just put it in the pool yesterday and have not been in there but the grandkids like it and say the spray water is "cold".

 

[smankins]

Wow, that is about to be a lot of deck! ...

I might have overdesigned but I guess we'll have plenty of room. Now if I could just finish the beast. At least it is nice and cool with low humidity ... HA!

 

[Acmfl]

Well, we had quite the thunderstorms last night with lots of rain. My pool cooled off to a more comfortable 98. The fountain should be here soon and I can't wait to see how it does.

I might have overdesigned but I guess we'll have plenty of room. Now if I could just finish the beast. At least it is nice and cool with low humidity ... HA!

Make sure you update your build thread when you get done. I love looking at all the different setups people have.

 

[Acmfl]

The fountain came today. Super easy install. I'm going to run it from about 1am -6am tonight to see how it does. It was 100 again this afternoon.

 

[Acmfl]

I just checked the temp after running the fountain last night and it's down to 95. Yay!

Thanks for all the help!