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At what level should the water be in my pool?Most pools have a skimmer box. This device is designed to skim the floating debris from the pool’s water surface, when the filter pump or pump connected to the skimmer suction line is running. At the front of the skimmer box is usually a rectangular opening where the water and debris enters. The water level should never fall below the bottom of this opening! It should be ½ to ¾ of the way up the opening. If the opening is fully under water, the skimmer cannot skim the floating debris. However, in certain circumstances, it is OK to overfill a pool. For example, when you are going away on holidays, or if you want to vacuum to waste or backwash the filter. |
I have a sand filter. How often do I have to backwash it?The best way to save water, chemicals, salt (in some cases) and time is to backwash your sand filter only when it needs it. Each sand filter has a pressure gauge. When the sand filter has just been backwashed we recommend the pressure reading be noted down or the gauge be marked with a permanent marker at the “initial clean” pressure. Once the tank pressure increases by about 6psi or 40kPa the filter is ready for another backwash. How much does it cost to run my pool filter pump?The easiest way to calculate this is to multiply your pool pump’s input Kilowatt power (kW) rating by the average amount of hours (hrs) it runs per year, by the approximate Kilowatt-hour (kWhr) electricity cost. For example, a 1.1kW pump will cost 1.1kW x (7 hours per day x 365 days per year) x ($0.16 per kWhr approx) = $450 approx. per yr or $1.23 per day. |
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