Cost of Electricity for a Swimming Pool

[Dunflittin68]

We are joining my daughter and partner in Spain to live together in a large villa which we are moving into with a swimming pool. Although we are sharing the rent we decided we would pay extra for the pool as my daughter and her partner don't use the pool, so to be fair we said we would split the cost of the electricity bill to include the extra costs of running the pool.

Anyone any idea how much it costs to run a typical medium sized pool, say 9 x 5mtrs, using the pump running for 2 hrs x 3 times a day ? We would obviously cover the additional cost of tablets and maintenance separately ourselves.

TIA

[El Cid]

It will depend on the size of the pump. If it is a 1kw pump 6 hours will cost you about €1/day. If the pump is a different rating, just pro-rate the cost.

If you were on a dual tariff, where you pay less off peak, then that would reduce the cost.

Sid

[Dunflittin68]

Thanks Sid, that's useful to know, I will make a note.

[Superplonk]

This winter I have experimented with turning the filter off completely and just using a floating chlorine dispenser. The water has remained totally clear and the Endesa bill was quite a lot lower than last year's.

[El Cid]

Obviously, running the pump for shorter periods will save money, but how long you should run the pump is a subject of much debate.

In summer I only run for a maximum of 2 hours a day and that is in the morning off peak period. The usual recommendations to run for 8 hours a day apply to public pools with all day usage. For a private pool, used for maybe half an hour a day, that is totally unnecessary. The filter does nothing to improve the number of microbes in the pool, it merely removes small particles. It's the chemicals that make to pool safe to use.

In the winter I run for only 15 minutes a day, and that is just to stir up the water a bit. Yes, a floating dispenser is fine in winter as the chlorine lasts a very long time due to the lower temperature and less strong sunlight.

Sid

[spanish_lad]

Having recently moved into my own place, with a pool im also finding these things out.

Its winter. the pool works as it should, but it leaks a bit.

it was on a timer for 3 x 3 hours per day. Its only a 4 x 6 converted deposito.. i reduced that to 3 x 15 minutes and its crystal clear.





bonus is that the electricity bill is reduced by LOTS