Spa/pool combo freeze protection - a vote

[dphanes]

What do people think is best for a spa/pool combo with one set of equipment during freeze protection:

1 - cycle between spa mode and pool mode every thirty minutes - con is wear and tear on actuators
2- run continually in spillway mode - con is spa stone wall will potentially go through freeze thaw cycle

really looking for people’s thoughts and what they do

 

[ajw22]

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2 is not running water though the pool returns and can allow water in pool return pipes to freeze.

3 reset your return valve for freezing conditions and run water through both spa and pool returns.

The Physics of Freezing and Freeze Protection

Recently, there have been a lot of questions from those living in moderate climates about using automatic freeze protection or running pumps to prevent freezing and what a pool owner should do when temperatures drop so I thought it might be useful to have a thread which dealt with the issue from...

www.troublefreepool.com

 

[dphanes]

1

2 is not running water though the pool returns and can allow water in pool return pipes to freeze.

The Physics of Freezing and Freeze Protection

Recently, there have been a lot of questions from those living in moderate climates about using automatic freeze protection or running pumps to prevent freezing and what a pool owner should do when temperatures drop so I thought it might be useful to have a thread which dealt with the issue from...

www.troublefreepool.com

Goid point, but I believe u Can change the cam on the actuator to run a little water through pool returns but 90 percent throygh the spillway to address that valid concern.

 

[ajw22]

Yup, that is what I added in my edit.

 

[dphanes]

Yup, that is what I added in my edit.

Didn’t see that ; so with the cam change would you do 1 or 2? Have never seen a consensus

 

[ajw22]

You also have …

4 Winterize the pool

My order of preference is … 4, 3, 1

I close my pool for the winter, often go away and ignore it, and never had any damage to deal with in the Spring. I take the lazy way.

Snow Covered Pool in NJ.jpg

• ajw22
• Jul 23, 2021

 

[dphanes]

You also have …

4 Winterize the pool

My order of preference is … 4, 3, 1

I close my pool for the winter, often go away and ignore it, and never had any damage to deal with in the Spring. I take the lazy way.

Snow Covered Pool in NJ.jpg

• ajw22
• Jul 23, 2021

If we were up north we would definitely close, but being in NC we get some nice days in winter where we can heat the pool and we use the spa quite often in the winter.