Any Pools owners here? Duke Energy sent me this
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If you have a 1 HP pool pump, it uses close to 1000 watts or 1 KW per hour. So it really depends on how many hours your pump runs during the day. The variable speed pump probably torques down to a low wattage when moving the water and to a higher when first coming on.
yes, but I have a 1 speed pool pump. I wish I had purchased a variable speed when I had my pool installed 4 years ago. I’d check it out if I were you.
I run my pump all night, not during the day unless we are in the pool like yesterday.
Never heard of a variable speed pump- just replaced my prior pump that was at least 15 years old,
I did this a number of years ago when I owned a house in Easley. Worked as designed.
I run a 1.5 HP pump motor 24 hours a day. Have for going on 38 years. That's in the way of information. I'm not advocating it, though many people do it. If I were to change that approach, it would probably involve a timer.
Mine does fine with about 7 hours. Crystal clear all the time. It’s on a timer and I just let it run at night.
Yep, I took advantage of this a couple years ago. It was a coincidence that my pump died at the same time they were offering this (or maybe they always offer this now? Anyway that's how/when I discovered the program). Ended up getting a Pentair variable speed. Run it fairly high during the day, fairly low in the evening, then way low in the late evening/early morning. Power bill did go down some but I can't really give you a figure, but the pump has been great. Easy to program, much quieter than my old single-speed pump etc.
Pool pumps???
Now that’s one refreshing, rewarding offer to dive into..
