Redneck Evaporative Pool Cooler
- Thread starter johnw
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,852
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
No, it’s connected to the hose bib on top of the pool pump so it’s recirculating the pool water.
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Not a problem at all. Credit goes to my friend, Doug Smith, who came up with the idea.
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@ajw22 Apologies for going slightly OT, is there a reason why nocturnal cooling with solar collectors isn't mentioned in that page? Both Pentair & Hayward automation systems have this capability built-in.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,852
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
I don’t know about it enough to describe it coherently and have not seen a thread about it to summarize.
If you want to write some thing on the topic send it to me and we will see about adding it.
My water was about 75 degrees yesterday while the temp was 95 outside. We had run Skippy's pool cooling fountain overnight while the air temp was 70 degrees. Made the pool feel almost chilly next day!
Night time run is THE time to run for best cooling. Daytime (for us) helps some, but more for pleasure of the sound and visual in day time.
Maddie
Night time run is THE time to run for best cooling. Daytime (for us) helps some, but more for pleasure of the sound and visual in day time.
Maddie
It’s a DynaTrap insect killer. It has nothing to do with the pool equipment, just a good place to put it away from everyone.
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jark87
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- Jun 5, 2011
- 1,180
- Pool Size
- 25500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
I'd love to install one in my pad- easy to grab a pool sample while the pump is running yet the cover closed. Gonna have to talk Skippy in to doing some plumbing......
Maddie
Maddie
Oly
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A couple of nights and a day running mine took my pH from 7.6 to 7.8 (where it usually is, go figure) Not so fast that a little muriatic acid can't fix it.
Maddie
Maddie
All it is is 2” PVC with a bunch of holes drilled in it using a 1/16” drill bit, a 2” tee with a 3/4” threaded NPT on the side, 2 2” caps, a 5 gallon bucket, and a bag of quickcrete. I may increase the hose size to 1” hose and change the Tee to a 1” threaded female NPT to get more flow.
I’ll let you know after a couple days running it but I don’t think it will be too bad according to this article.
Cooling A Pool - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
Skippy used a 1/16th drill bit on ours too, which makes a nice small hole.
Have you looked into using a pool return so that you don't have to have all that bucket and hose stuff sitting out?
Maddie
Have you looked into using a pool return so that you don't have to have all that bucket and hose stuff sitting out?
Maddie
I thought about it but was a little worried about someone bumping the pipe and breaking the return fitting in the gunite.Skippy used a 1/16th drill bit on ours too, which makes a nice small hole.
Have you looked into using a pool return so that you don't have to have all that bucket and hose stuff sitting out?
Maddie
