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Old 12-25-2014, 10:50 PM
 
Location: Fort Worth, Tx
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So I'm a weather nerd and it looks like we could get a prolonged (2-5 day freeze) next week, I bought a house with a pool, chlorine, not salt, installed in the late 90's. It has the temp sensor to activate the pumps at 33 degrees. Will I really have to have the pool pump on for five days straight? How will that affect my electric bill if I do? Would it work to instead have a heater in the "pump room" which is an enclosed area at the side of my house? Any advice would be welcome. What did ya'll do last year during the ice event?
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Old 12-27-2014, 07:06 PM
 
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It's not so much about the pump as it is about the pipes and parts like the skimmer that have small amounts of water in them that can easily freeze and expand. It's really important to keep the water running the entire time -- I actually run ours when the temperature falls below 38 degrees, and have hardly noticed the impact on our electric bill. To be honest, every year we go through this I totally stress out, but have never had any damage. Electricity is WAY cheaper than a pool repair. Once you just accept it as a winter cost it hurts less. I promise.
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Old 12-31-2014, 09:20 AM
 
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I agree. Leave your water running. We have an automatic timer also and that is a huge plus instead of having to manual turn it off and on and check it constantly. As the above poster mentioned, having a higher electric bill is better than a pool repair. We have not noticed a big difference in our electric bill either.
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Old 12-31-2014, 08:01 PM
 
Location: Inthewoods
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Pool repairs = 1,000 plus 1,000 plus more 1,000. To run the pump cost maybe 3 bucks a day extra. I would run the pump all day if needed to avoid any pool repairs.
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Old 01-04-2015, 03:12 PM
 
Location: DFW
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Two things..... Your pump will have a thermostat that kicks on the pumps around 36-37 degrees to prevent it from freezing. Make sure that's working.

Change your pumps from running during the day to running from 12-7am in the morning during the winter. This prevents your pumps from running in the day then running at night when the temperature drops.
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