[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

The good commercial pools have water chillers which are turned on in the summer in Florida. There are terrific pools in Clermont and up in Gainesville that are chilled. You won't find that in The Villages, too cheap.

I notice pool at mulberry has couple big nozzles that looks like cycles the water up into spray which would cool the water as it flow or flies through the air after sun goes down.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by MSGirl

You can solve that one with either of 2 things.1. Buy it yourself since The Villages is too cheap. 2. Solve the chiller problem by installing your own pool; again, since The Villages is too cheap!

Villages is cheap? Wow! What else can you whine about?

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by browen

If this is a pool at your house do not add water, it will throw off the chemicals. Try running your solar at night when the temps are cooler. You will need to have your filter on.

Regarding which post?

[Velvet]

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

Bring the chillers on....then your fees will increase and those who don't use the pools will not be happy. It's a no-win situation. I can't believe in all the years we've lived here on all the "shoulds, woulds, coulds" people whine about. I second the idea on having a "Whiner's Club". People could then vent all they wanted and would be with folks similar to their thinking. The Villages is a nice place but not exclusive to cater to the wants/needs of the masses just because they want it. As someone else said----"first world problems."

People who don’t go to the sports pools do not want to pay extra money for what they are not going to use, the amenities are already up by inflation costs - getting close to 10%. And some of us don’t like cool water in the first place. In the winter I paid extra to priority pools to use their hot tub. As long as those people who want to have chilled water are the only ones to pay for it, I see no problem.

[Sandy and Ed]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

I don't think it is a case of "grumpy old folks". It is common in hot climates to install pool chillers. The Villages has neglected to do so, and it is a health risk to older folks who are susceptible to heat stroke and heat related health problems. I know some of the avid swimmers must journey to Gainesville and Clermont to get their laps in, because the Villages facilities are sub-par. Pool chillers should be installed in the sport pools where there is high demand for lap swimming and water aerobics, not the neighborhood pools. There are 12 sport pools, and at a cost of say $6K per pool you are talking $72K. It would certainly make more sense than spending $500K on a fake water tower/windmill.

I agree that those chillers in the sports pools are a good idea. I like to swim laps but don't like waiting around for my turn at the sports pools so I do mine at the neighborhood pools deep end. I just don't know why all the snarky comments about what is a legitimate question.

[Annie66]

Other than pools which may have a chiller, the only way the pool temps go down in the summer is after a good rain. We frequent pools in the summer and have seen this phenomenon repeatedly.

[Remembergoldenrule]

Welcome to the South 😂 At least you aren’t sweating! Enjoy the exercise and be thankful you have so many pools and water exercise and fun groups to join.

[Chi-Town]

Many pools in my neighborhood and no chillers that I know of. Only one summer stretch has the pool been bathwater warm and not refreshing. I admit it does take the fun out, but it was only once in 12 years.

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by Love2Swim

I don't think it is a case of "grumpy old folks". It is common in hot climates to install pool chillers. The Villages has neglected to do so, and it is a health risk to older folks who are susceptible to heat stroke and heat related health problems. I know some of the avid swimmers must journey to Gainesville and Clermont to get their laps in, because the Villages facilities are sub-par. Pool chillers should be installed in the sport pools where there is high demand for lap swimming and water aerobics, not the neighborhood pools. There are 12 sport pools, and at a cost of say $6K per pool you are talking $72K. It would certainly make more sense than spending $500K on a fake water tower/windmill.

If that is true, the pools should be closed in order to protect the residents.

Yep, always be careful when using health or safety as an argument to try to get something.

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Villages is cheap? Wow! What else can you whine about?

MSGirl was responding to Love2Swim's comments about TV being cheap.

[Ken Nelson]

For the love of God....I saw a dog pee in my yard - the horror!

[Bilyclub]

Originally Posted by Ken Nelson

For the love of God....I saw a dog pee in my yard - the horror!

Only slightly of topic and not really funny.

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Only slightly of topic and not really funny.

The insult was the dog was walking on the grass and pee’d

[Hifred]

The pools feel great. It rains fairly often now - that is nature's way of cooling them off.

[PoolBrews]

The cost of $5K for a chiller unit is for a small residential pool in the 5K-15K gallon range. The Villages pools would require a far larger unit costing in the $15K-$20K range to have any effect. In addition, instead of just paying to run a heater, The Villages would now be paying to run the chiller in the summer when the heater does not run today.

In addition, Villages pools use an LP gas heater - heat pumps are not designed for the volume of water in these large pools. If you have your own pool, and have a screened enclosure over the pool, you won't run into this issue nearly as much. The screen knocks out about 75% of the UV rays, and water doesn't get nearly as warm. My pool never goes above 88 degrees, even when it's 100 out. 88 feels nice and cool when it's 100 out!

As proof that screen really helps with sun, my wife's sisters came down from MI this spring - both were white as white (typically Northerners coming out of winter ). They spent nearly every day in the pool, and after 5 days started sitting outside the screen because they weren't tanning - LOL.