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  1. 08-15-2006 08:00 AM #1
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    Default CHART - Saving from using a Cover if heating your pool

    The links below are for nice charts from the U.S. Department of Energy - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy: A Consumer's Guide to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

    The tables estimate annual costs by location, by water temperature, and with or without using a pool cover. Assumptions are made on the size of pool, heater efficiency, and pool size, and energy cost of course. Given the constant variables, it's the ratio between the cost of cover and no cover that is eye-popping.

    Natural Gas
    http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/.../mytopic=13180

    Heat Pump
    http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/.../mytopic=13220


    There is also a good blurb on pool covers t http://www.eere.energy.gov/consumer/.../mytopic=13140

    Since a cover reduces evaporation, this statement about a pool cover makes sense: "Conserve water by reducing the amount of make-up water needed by 30%–50%:
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