Pool water cooling

[waterbear]

I own an Aquacal reverse cycle heat pump and am very please with it's performance. I am also in Florida. However, I use it only to heat since I like my water warm. I keep it at 88. The main reason I have the reverse cycle is that it will work in freezing temps and I also use it to heat my spa in the one to two months that it is too cold to swim.

[kelemvor]

Glad someone else asked this. I thought it would be something I'd get laughed off the forum for asking so I didn't, however I've been wondering about the same thing. The jacuzzi feels great hot, but 90 plus degrees in the pool is a little warmer than I'd like. It's not the end of the world but 80 or so would be so much better.

I must say I'm really surprised at how quickly water temp swings on sunny/rainy days. We had a few gloomy days last week and the water temp went from 90 to about 72. I thought it would take longer than 2 days to cool 12k gallons of water "naturally".

The pittance this forum cost for registration is probably going to turn out to be the best money I'll spend on the pool from what I can tell so far.

[Watermom]

The pittance this forum cost for registration is probably going to turn out to be the best money I'll spend on the pool from what I can tell so far.

I'm sure you're right about this! Thanks for subscribing and supporting the forum!

BTW -- Just like they used to tell you when you were in school, there is no such thing as a dumb question!

[mshumack]

I'm going to try a floating fountain. I see a few people recommending the fountain (and running it at night). There are some models that hook up to the pool return line and just sit out in the middle of the pool (I assume they have some sort of anchor).

The draw back is that I need to run my pump at night - but that's still alo tcheaper than selling my heatpump and buying a new heat/cool unit.

I think I "need" to run my pump/filter during the day since the sun is so strong in FL and I have SWG pool (meaning no chlorine production without pump running). I think I will end up no chlorine left in the pool during the daytime if I don't run the pump. So anyways I'll be planning on running my pump at night with the fountain and during the day too. Still cheapest soultion I think.

I'll let you know how well it works. It'll probably take me a week or two to buy what I need.

[waterbear]

Evaporative cooling doesn't work well in Florida where the normal summer humidity can approach 98%, even at night in August! Unless you are near the ocean and get the ocean breezes it might not work well at all.

[mshumack]

Thanks for the info. I'm in central FL so no ocean breeze. I guess it's back to the swapping my current heat pump with a heat/cool unit.

I have no confidence that the Glacier Pool Cooler will work - so unless I hear otherwise, I'm taking that option off the table.

[waterbear]

Thanks for the info. I'm in central FL so no ocean breeze. I guess it's back to the swapping my current heat pump with a heat/cool unit.

I have no confidence that the Glacier Pool Cooler will work - so unless I hear otherwise, I'm taking that option off the table.

If I am not mistaken the Glacier coolers are evaporative. They probably work very well in Arizona, where the company is located, with their very low humidity. Evaporative cooling is used in place of air conditioning effectively in such climates, but will not do much in Florida.
To give you an example, misters work very well to cool you off in dry climates and the mist quickly disappears and leaves you dry but in Florida all misters do is get you wet (as anyone who has ever visited Disneyworld in August can attest to!)

[stuckpipe]

I am having a sprinkler system put in and was wondering. Can I run 150 of 2" PVC in the trench they dig and connect it to my pool pump. Do you all think it would cool the water down a bit?