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Originally Posted by villagetinker
Your electric bill would only have been higher if you had an electric based pool heater, all the ones I have seen in my immediate neighborhood have been propane heaters. Also, you must have a really big house, or there were other charges associated with 'the first month' bill, we have a stretched gardenia, and have never had a bill over $145 for a month, over the last 3 years. This does include a large hot tub, but no pool.
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Depending on the age/model of her pool pump, it might be a variable speed model like the Hayward model we have. When running solar, the pump operates at 100%. Normally our pump runs at 55%, saving a lot of energy considering its running 8 hours a day, 7 days a week.