You could hook up a hose to the cold side of your washing machine hook up and get water there and not put the strain on your water heater. Or, pick up a good Y connector from the lawn and garden dept at one of the Big Box stores (one that has the built in ball valves) and hook it up to your wm connector. This way you wouldn't have to disconnect your WM when you need to fill the pool.

It was just an idea. I guess it all depends on where your WM is. I know my wife wouldn't want a hose dragged through the house every time I filled the pool ;-)

Quote Originally Posted by iwannapool View Post

I guess I could connect a hose to the house water heater drain to get soft water to the pool and spa. I would need to make sure that any calcium/lime that's in the bottom of the tank is cleaned out really well before putting that water in the pool.

Thanks again for the help.