I have a 16x32 inground vinyl pool that was built 3 years ago. It is about 17,000 gallons. When we had it built it seemed like a neat idea to have some of the Jandy Deckjets installed as well. Due to this the builder put in one large pump instead of 2 smaller ones. The pump is a Pentair WF-26 which is a 1.5 hp uprated pump, but it is single speed. The piping is 1-1/2 inch with a 400 lb sand filter. The pump is about 40 feet from the pool about 2 feet above it. My rough and dirty calculations come to .25 - .30 cents per hour to run this pump. So running it for 8 hours per day cost me around $2.00 per day. It gets run more on the weekends, so I figure it costs me about $80-100 per month to run the pump. This passes the smell test for my before-and-after-pool comparisions of my power bills.
We never use the deckjets because you can't hear the music over them and it is hard to hear someone next to you if you are having a conversation. Only during a party will we turn them on - couple times per year.
Anyway, I was thinking that it may be worthwhile to scrap the 1.5 hp pump and go with (A) a smaller single speed pump, (B) the same size 2 speed pump, or (C) the multi speed Intelliflow pump. If I could save 50% on the power consumption it would pay for itself quickly.
One other note, I do not close my pool in the winter and am running the pool with a Goldline system with freeze-protect turned on at 35 degrees, so the pump does run a lot in the winter, even her in sunny AL. Also the deck jets are setup to turn on during freezing weather as well so they need flow as well.
If I could cut the power consumption in half it would almost pay for the Intelliflow pump - am I missing something? Also with the multi-speed pump I would have plenty of flow in the event that I need it for the deckjets.....
thanks,
We never use the deckjets because you can't hear the music over them and it is hard to hear someone next to you if you are having a conversation. Only during a party will we turn them on - couple times per year.
Anyway, I was thinking that it may be worthwhile to scrap the 1.5 hp pump and go with (A) a smaller single speed pump, (B) the same size 2 speed pump, or (C) the multi speed Intelliflow pump. If I could save 50% on the power consumption it would pay for itself quickly.
One other note, I do not close my pool in the winter and am running the pool with a Goldline system with freeze-protect turned on at 35 degrees, so the pump does run a lot in the winter, even her in sunny AL. Also the deck jets are setup to turn on during freezing weather as well so they need flow as well.
If I could cut the power consumption in half it would almost pay for the Intelliflow pump - am I missing something? Also with the multi-speed pump I would have plenty of flow in the event that I need it for the deckjets.....
thanks,