What's your current pool temp?
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jimmerz
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Our swimming season is OVER... I am preparing the pool this week to be closed. Temp last night was 70 on the nose but these nights keep getting colder so that won't last long. This is my 1st season closing it myself I hope I do ok!
Back up to 64 with sunshine and warmer day temps... will have to wait longer to close.
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We were at 78 this morning but it has been cool the last few days. I am hoping it will jump back up to 80 or so for just a few more days before we call the season done.
Back up to 77. I took a short swim this evening.
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62 yesterday... nights have been down to the lower 40's, so not too surprising.
Chlorine consumption sure drops with lower temps, it seems, even beyond what is explained by lack of human bodies in the pool.
Only keeping the pool up now out of inertia, and just in case we still want to experiment with a potential new filter or pump (haven't bought anything new yet, though, and time is running out until first frost).
Chlorine consumption sure drops with lower temps, it seems, even beyond what is explained by lack of human bodies in the pool.
Only keeping the pool up now out of inertia, and just in case we still want to experiment with a potential new filter or pump (haven't bought anything new yet, though, and time is running out until first frost).
Roughly speaking, chlorine reaction rates vary by a factor of 2 for every 13ºF temperature difference. In my pool at 88ºF, if the opaque cover is on all the time the chlorine daily loss is around 0.7 ppm FC but this drops to less than 1 ppm per week when the temp drops to 50ºF. Based on the temperature rule-of-thumb, it would be 1 ppm FC every 11 days and that's about what it is.
My current water temp is 87 degrees. Daytime highs are going to be high 90's and even touching triple digits for the next couple of weeks.
The nights are starting to cool just a bit but in the desert, that's a good thing. No blanket or heaters in use yet but that won't be that far away. Maybe a few weeks but the last 2 years, I'm able to keep the water temp in the 80's until late October or early November.
I LOVE living in the desert. lol.
The weather is just starting to get good around here. Time to break out the motorcycle and take a few rides.....
Sorry to brag but I couldn't help myself. Every other area of the country makes fun of us here in Arizona during the summer but I feel for you guys during fall and winter. I couldn't do winters like that any more. I lived in the Pacific NorthWest for 25 years. NEVER AGAIN.
Bring on the heat. I'll be sipping cold ones by the pool, in sunshine, all winter long.
The nights are starting to cool just a bit but in the desert, that's a good thing. No blanket or heaters in use yet but that won't be that far away. Maybe a few weeks but the last 2 years, I'm able to keep the water temp in the 80's until late October or early November.
I LOVE living in the desert. lol.
The weather is just starting to get good around here. Time to break out the motorcycle and take a few rides.....
Sorry to brag but I couldn't help myself. Every other area of the country makes fun of us here in Arizona during the summer but I feel for you guys during fall and winter. I couldn't do winters like that any more. I lived in the Pacific NorthWest for 25 years. NEVER AGAIN.
Bring on the heat. I'll be sipping cold ones by the pool, in sunshine, all winter long.
jimmerz
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Just got out. It was around 68° a little too chilly for me. But it numbed me up quick. I had to get my steps out to close so I swam a little while I was in there.
Stuck at low 60s. Too cold to swim, too warm to close. Weather this week looks like it's going to stay there for quite a while. Fall pool limbo stinks.
I'm hovering between 70 and 73. Covered on 9/13 because the leaves were killing me and now just waiting for the temp to drop so I can close.
jimmerz
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What temp do you guys like to close at? This is my first year doing it myself. My pool guy would already have me closed by this time...
Close when your temps are consistently below 60.
http://www.troublefreepool.com/content/145-closing-winterizing-your-above-group-pool
http://www.troublefreepool.com/content/145-closing-winterizing-your-above-group-pool
It's still very hot here in San Diego. The pool is holding steady at 82 and I haven't even turned on the solar collectors yet or used the pool blanket. Last week, the daytime air temperature at averaging 95, and I was cooling the pool by cycling the water through the collectors at night. I hope to get a couple more months of swimming before winter comes.
jimmerz
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Thanks kcindc. I have read that I was just curious for the reason of being below 60°
So algae doesn't grow & that you open to a clean pool in the spring. It is also important to open before your water temp hits 60, too.
Mid 60's. Turned the SWG up to 100% and am dumping in some liquid chlorine to get to SLAM level. Will let drift down to close this weekend.
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78 here in Austin in the shade, with a wet suit. Had about 10" of rain in 2 days, first time I've seen the water right at the top of the lip. CYA down to 30. Probably let it go until spring. Dropped from 84 to 78 from the rain. I doubt it will get any warmer this year. Plan on adding solar over the "winter".
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I have almost zero problems with leaves but considering winter covering to help drive the temperature down (no daytime sun warming). But then I'd have to/want to remove during closing so I can be sure things are going as planned.