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Originally Posted by displacedhoosier
Thanks everyone for your input. I spoke to the T&D pool person yesterday and they recommended 8hrs per day in the summer for our saltwater pool. Maybe I'll try 9 to 5 and see if that works and saves a few $...
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As mentioned earlier, make sure that you set your salt water chlorinator (SWG) output to match your pump run time. i.e. - if you run the SWG at 100% for 2 hours, running it at 50% for 4 hours will generate the same amount of chlorine. So if you were running your pump 10 hours before, and chlorine was fine, changing run time to 8 hours means you need to bump your SWG % up to still generate the same amount of chlorine.
The SWG needs a certain amount of flow to work properly. For me, I can run my pump at 20% speed and still chlorinate. It's whisper quiet at that speed, and costs virtually nothing to run (I could run 24 hrs a day for a month and it would cost a whopping $4.50).
The only time my pump runs faster is when the heater runs - my heater needs 75% pump speed to operate.
There is no need to run the pump any faster than the minimum required for the SWG or heater. It doesn't filter any better, costs more, and puts more wear on the pump itself.