[simpkinp]

Pool water this warm in June is unusual. In winter we complain it is not warm enough. If you don't like it, do something else. The costs are prohibitive to change the temps of nearly 100 pools. I am getting used to it. I just enjoy exercising at the pool and chatting with the neighbors while I do it. I go early.

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by simpkinp

Pool water this warm in June is unusual. In winter we complain it is not warm enough. If you don't like it, do something else. The costs are prohibitive to change the temps of nearly 100 pools. I am getting used to it. I just enjoy exercising at the pool and chatting with the neighbors while I do it. I go early.

Leisure pool use and chatting is not what sport pool use is.

And the regional sport pools serve everyone.

No need to conjecture about "100 pools", especially since "all" TV pools actually number fewer than that.

And there are only 8 regional sport pools as listed here:

Village Community Development Districts

[Jaggy]

Wow, this is turning into a weird thread.. Someone likes the pools and then someone else corrects her?? Just enjoy living in The Villages and chill out people !!! I am always amazed how we turn against each other on here.. oh by the way, try Facebook page for The Villages.. people lose their minds on there..

[gerryann]

Originally Posted by Jaggy

Wow, this is turning into a weird thread.. Someone likes the pools and then someone else corrects her?? Just enjoy living in The Villages and chill out people !!! I am always amazed how we turn against each other on here.. oh by the way, try Facebook page for The Villages.. people lose their minds on there..

But Jaggy......we can't chill out...the pools too hot!!

[Love2Swim]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

...If people are going to flock to the pools with the chillers then that shows how large the need is.

I agree. I would guess that the majority of people that are concerned about the pool temperatures are those swim a lot of laps or do a heavy aerobic workout. The developer has done a wonderful job anticipating the needs of the Villages residents, but there have been a things that have changed as time went on, and more people moved here. They are able to be flexible and add things as needed. I'm thinking of the recreational trails (they are wider now), sand volleyball courts up by Seabreeze, and so on. I think pool chillers for some of the sport pools would fall into that category. When you look at what they've had to pay for that tree cutting incident in Bridgeport, how many pool chillers would that have funded? I know people that drive to Clermont and Gainesville to use their chilled pools. Certainly The Villages can up their game. Laurel Manor is a really central sport pool. Put a cover over it and some chillers.

[perrjojo]

I have nothing against cooling SOME pools but I still say; this is Florida. The pools are warm in summer. The lakes are warm in summer. The ocean is warm in summer. Most of us moved here because.....IT IS WARM all year. I don't think anyone is "turning against" anyone else. We are all just expressing our personal preference.

[tomwed]

What about installing lunar panels? This is a system where the water is circulated to the roof where the lunar panel is and cooled down by the moon at night.

[Jaggy]

Originally Posted by tomwed

What about installing lunar panels? This is a system where the water is circulated to the roof where the lunar panel is and cooled down by the moon at night.

[T-325]

LOL but what Tom suggests is true. Run your solar pool panels at night and they will cool your pool down. Just like running them during the day heats the pool up,

[DigitalGranny]

In my working days ( glad they are over!), I made several business trips to Phoenix in summer (not by choice!). I noticed that the hotel put floating fountains into the pool at night and just used the filter motor to spray the water up into the air and night cooling it and making a pretty water feature. It worked well. When it's 115 degrees during the day, the water gets warm!

[Greg Nelson]

Here in Minnesota our pool is kept at 83F. We have had a pool cover to save on cool nights, but were just told that they are now illegal. Apparently someone somewhere drowned under one. Having the cover on saved close to 70% on propane bills. But whats interesting to me is all this talk is weather dependent. Of course weather is the most we talk about, the least we can do anything about....ENJOY!

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Greg Nelson

Here in Minnesota our pool is kept at 83F. We have had a pool cover to save on cool nights, but were just told that they are now illegal. Apparently someone somewhere drowned under one. Having the cover on saved close to 70% on propane bills. But whats interesting to me is all this talk is weather dependent. Of course weather is the most we talk about, the least we can do anything about....ENJOY!

I am glad I am old-er. I exercise gently in the warm water and love it. I hate cold water and cold water to me is 82 degrees.

[sunnyatlast]

Originally Posted by Greg Nelson

Here in Minnesota our pool is kept at 83F. We have had a pool cover to save on cool nights, but were just told that they are now illegal. Apparently someone somewhere drowned under one.
Having the cover on saved close to 70% on propane bills. But whats interesting to me is all this talk is weather dependent. Of course weather is the most we talk about, the least we can do anything about....ENJOY!

Ahh, but there is something you were able to do about the weather affecting your pool temp.....

.....which was the pool cover and the propane pool heater.

Because you had the will to find out about solutions at feasible cost, and to do something about it.....

....to make it more ENJOYable.

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I hate cold water and cold water to me is 82 degrees.

Originally Posted by sunnyatlast

.... you had the will to find out about solutions at feasible cost, and to do something about it..... ....to make it more ENJOYable.

I guess what it comes down to is this -- residents have very different ideas of what is enjoyable.
If they were to cover one central sports pool and chill the water, others might hate it!
And if they liked it, they would probably complain that it should be located closer to their house.

[tomwed]

Originally Posted by T-325

LOL but what Tom suggests is true. Run your solar pool panels at night and they will cool your pool down. Just like running them during the day heats the pool up,

Honest to goodness, I was just being silly. Are you being silly too or does that actually work?
BTW Did you know that the word gullible is not in the dictionary?