[Greg Nelson]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

i love the warm pools.

perfect!

[rjm1cc]

Originally Posted by pbkmaine

I did not really understand why DH was so insistent on us having a pool when there are so many nice pools here in TV. Now I am imagining what it would be like to be at our neighborhood pool while people are arguing about water temperature. I think I will go give DH a hug.

Remember you still have to control the temperature. My neighbor uses solar water tubs on the roof with a gas back up to heat the pool. Medically they need their pool water on the hotter side. No backup for cooling. Guess you would have to pump water out and bring in cold water to cool. Remember water is a problem in Fl and you could have a problem with limits on how much water you use like in CA.

I would stick with the public pools.

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by perrjojo

I love the warm pools.

I "love the warm pools", too, for leisure use, but not for fitness and exercise.

The sport pools are for sport, fitness and exercise, not leisurely use.

And in the summers, none of the pools are "warm". They are "hot", which means hotter than 88 degrees and in the 90's. The water's too hot for even an arthritis class.

The only thing pool water that hot is good for is taking a bath, or for passing out in it and being hauled out on a stretcher.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by sunnyatlast

The real problem is the sport pools that are too hot to work out in in any given summer. That and the messengers have already been shot, trashed, sliced, and diced on other threads, but I'll say this one thing.

How many people would go bowling without air conditioning here in the summer? After all, bowling has the most participants of any sport here in TV. How many people would use the TV fitness centers at regional rec centers without air conditioning? Air conditioning is very expensive, too. The sport pool schedules are full of classes and teams all day and into the evening, which to me indicates there are many participants in the aquatic fitness venues--sport pools.

Just because you don't do a particular sport doesn't mean you should trash reasonable suggestions from reasonable people, who for example, suggest commercial pool chillers:

commercial pool cooler

Commercial Swimming Pool Cooler Chiller / Glacier cooling for your pool! No more bath water in hot summer months.

So let the trashing begin..............

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I have heard that bowling has more participants than any other sport. The math just doesn't add up for me that two bowling facilities could have more participants than all the golf courses in TV. But then, I never claimed to be the brightest bulb in the ceiling.

First the pools are too cold and now they are too hot. Seriously?

[coffeebean]

I'm aware the pools are heated in the winter but are the pools heated in the summer too? It doesn't make sense that the pools are heated when the air temperatures are hot and the blazing sun heats the water in the hotter months.

[Chatbrat]

When we lived in NC I built an indoor pool for the Admiral, kept in heated to 86 in the winter. She loved it--should have seen that electric meter spin $600-$700/month

[graciegirl]

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[Happydaz]

Originally Posted by sunnyatlast

The real problem is the sport pools that are too hot to work out in in any given summer. That and the messengers have already been shot, trashed, sliced, and diced on other threads, but I'll say this one thing.

How many people would go bowling without air conditioning here in the summer? After all, bowling has the most participants of any sport here in TV. How many people would use the TV fitness centers at regional rec centers without air conditioning? Air conditioning is very expensive, too. The sport pool schedules are full of classes and teams all day and into the evening, which to me indicates there are many participants in the aquatic fitness venues--sport pools.

Just because you don't do a particular sport doesn't mean you should trash reasonable suggestions from reasonable people, who for example, suggest commercial pool chillers:

commercial pool cooler

Commercial Swimming Pool Cooler Chiller / Glacier cooling for your pool! No more bath water in hot summer months.

So let the trashing begin..............

.

The representative I spoke with at one of the commercial chiller manufacturers mentioned that they had installed a number of units for many sports pools. He mentioned some Del Webb communities, in particular, and said the chillers worked very well. Since the chillers are thermostatically controlled they maintain an even temperature. Choosing the correct size chiller is the key. It can be done for adult, community, and sport pools.

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Usually you and I are on the same page, but I think that when the pool water gets too hot for exercising, do something else, take a brisk walk and then have a cool shower. I don't like cool water in pools. I am just as important as the folks who want it cooler.

I am 75 years old and somehow survived without even KNOWING about a pool cooler. How many days a year do you think the water gets up past 88 here? I would guess no more than 30.

Well, many people here of any age never KNEW about "central air conditioning", especially in the northern half of the nation, until the 1980s or so, but now central A/C is expected instead of those heavy metal boxes hanging out of the windows of the bedrooms, and they sag and look tacky.

Many people here never KNEW about "personal computing" or "internet" until the 1980s, 90s and 2000s. I guess then that the Recreation Dept. ought not be wasting OUR money on being computerized, because many of us never KNEW of that until recent years or decades.

But my guess is, we all learn things every day that we didn't KNOW about, and if we are willing, we can change our minds when new information is learned.

[Happydaz]

Many of the people who are posting on this subject don't even use the pools. Some even have their own pools and don't use the neighborhood or sports pools. Anyone who has been in the Villages pools the past few weeks knows the water is too hot. It is definitely over 90 degrees. I wish all the jokesters and people who comment on everything would try looking at this issue seriously. We swimmers who use our local pools every day know how hot the water is.

I remember my father saying he would never get a car with air conditioning as you can open up those little vent windows in the car and direct air to the people inside. Cars don't even have vent windows anymore!

Don't fight progress. We could buy eight chillers and run them for two years for the $50,000 one CCD District is paying for the cut down oak trees! Why not spend the same amount of money and benefit eight village pools?

[graciegirl]

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[gerryann]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I'm aware the pools are heated in the winter but are the pools heated in the summer too? It doesn't make sense that the pools are heated when the air temperatures are hot and the blazing sun heats the water in the hotter months.

Of course they are not heated in the summer.....at least not by a heater.

When I lived in Bonita Springs, the ocean was in the 90's in the summer. Not comfortable at all. I'd look forward to getting home to "cool off" in the pool.....guess what.....the pool was in the 90's as well. This is summer in Florida. Either get your own pool, or don't go.

So many things to complain about.

[joldnol]

Wow, some of y'all are just unkind. I can't speak for the other pools but the Dunedin Pool is too damn hot. Makes for a nice petri dish

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

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Don't fight progress. We could buy eight chillers and run them for two years for the $50,000 one CCD District is paying for the cut down oak trees! Why not spend the same amount of money and benefit eight village pools?

Because all of the people who do use the pools may not feel the same way that posters who favor colder pool water feel?

[Grandfinch]

I hope most of you understand that the term swimimng pool is not a part of the conversation ,and to say the water is not to their liking is one big WOW are you kidding me.