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Running Swimming Pool Pump At Night Not Worth Energy Savings

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

I thought this was an interesting article.  In many places electricity costs are cheaper at night; so the question was asked if running the swimming pool pump at night might save a few coins.  According to this column from the Orlando News-Sentinel your savings will actually be consumed by higher chemical costs because chlorine will not be available when it’s most needed for sanitization - during the day when you are swimming.  Something to think about…

Swimming pool Q&A: It’s not worth it to run your pool pump at night

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