Pool owners - how much added electricity cost

[OVerLoRDI]

Here, a pool similar to the Rev's would cost at least $100/month...and $200-$300 during the summer. Assholes at the public utility that provides our electricity just jacked the rates again. Top tier is now $0.18+/Kwh. When we first moved to the area in 1987, we had the lowest electric rates in California...and among the lowest on the west coast. Not so anymore.

Yeah those assholes. Try $0.44 for anything above 800 kwh. Fuck PG&E.

 

[FiLeZz]

Also the size of the pool doesn't really matter, per se, other than setting a minimum number of hours the pump should be run. The way my pump is *supposed* to work is you calibrate it to a low setting that turns all the water over once over the course of about 6 hours. However, in Las Vegas with the intense heat, dust, the wind constantly blowing shit into my pool, my inefficient sand filter and my pool's specific tendency to rapidly accumulate phosphates and nitrates, it's completely unrealistic. It also isn't enough to power a suction driven kreepy in efficiency mode. That said, it still uses a tiny bit less energy than my old crappy fixed speed pump did while providing a lot more power. Ultimately you will have to determine through trial and error how many hours a day the pump needs to run based on your unique conditions.

A good rule of thumb is 1 hour for each 10 degrees of pool water temp.
Use that as your baseline and should be easy to figure out from there.

 

[ShawnD1]

People seem to think salt water pools don't use chemicals. Salt water pools work by breaking the salt down into its components.. one of them being chlorine. AKA bleach.

????
Table salt is sodium chloride.
Bleach is a mixture of sodium hypochlorite and sodium hydroxide.

You are swimming in the same amount of chlorine with a salt water pool as someone who uses liquid chlorine or trichlor pucks.

"trichlor" is trichloroisocyanuric acid. It's not similar in any way.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

It's kinda like when I was looking for a new truck. I found the nicest one at the dealership and test drove just out of curiosity. While driving around I asked the salesman how much the tires cost to replace on this truck. He told me if I'm asking what the tires cost I'm probably looking at the wrong truck. Same thing with a pool. If you have to ask about the electric then you're probably not a candidate for an inground pool.

 

[spidey07]

It's kinda like when I was looking for a new truck. I found the nicest one at the dealership and test drove just out of curiosity. While driving around I asked the salesman how much the tires cost to replace on this truck. He told me if I'm asking what the tires cost I'm probably looking at the wrong truck. Same thing with a pool. If you have to ask about the electric then you're probably not a candidate for an inground pool.

Actually I'm just trying to figure out if it is worth the extra money or not. Sounds like it is to me.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'm putting in a 4500 gallon hot tub in a couple of weeks and the estimates I've seen are about $100/month but that might be high and I think that also includes chemicals and other upkeep. For a pool without heat, I'd guess it would be lower.

Same thing with a pool. If you have to ask about the electric then you're probably not a candidate for an inground pool.

Nah, it doesn't hurt to get an idea of what things cost.