POOL MAINTENANCE SERVICE ON THE COSTA DEL SOL

Circulation is key to keeping your pool clean and swim-ready. If your pool water didn't move, it would quickly become a stagnant swamp, home to algae and all sorts of nasty things. And that's where the pump comes in, which is the first component of your pool's filtration system.

The pool pump sucks in water and then pushes it through the filter. No matter what type of filter you have, it only works if the water passes through it. That's how the filter can capture debris and bacteria.

To keep all of the pool water clean and clear, it needs to pass through the filtration system at least once a day. This is called the turnover rate.

The general rule is approximately 8 hours, although it could range from 6 to 12 hours, depending on the size of your pool. Every pool is unique, so to keep your pool pump efficient and effective, you need to determine exactly what your pool's turnover rate is.

But are those hours consecutive? During the day? Night? The answer to this is to consult with your electricity provider. It's based on what electricity providers call "peak hours." Depending on your tariff with your provider or location, peak hours could be, for example, from noon to midnight. Once you know that, try to schedule your pool pump's operating time around those hours to keep your costs lower.

You can make things much easier by using a programmable pool timer to turn the pump on and off at the right times.

it's neither practical nor necessary. The key is to understand the purpose of your pool pump, the type of pump you have (or could have), and how to best leverage its features.

To calculate the turnover rate, you need to determine the volume of your pool, i.e., how many cubic meters of water your pool contains. If you don't have this information available, you'll need to calculate the volume based on the shape of your pool. If you're unsure how to do this, visit this website to calculate it: https://app.poolcalculator.com/

Once you have the volume of your pool, here are the formulas to calculate the volume of a pool:
For rectangular pools: Length x Width x Average Depth = Total Cubic Meters
For circular pools: π x Radius squared x Average Depth = Total Cubic Meters

Once you have the pool volume data, simply communicate it to your pool professional to streamline the process of choosing the ideal pump for your pool.

Yes, you want to run your pool pump for at least eight hours every day to complete at least one turnover cycle. But that doesn't mean it has to be eight consecutive hours.

Again, check those off-peak hours from your utilities. Working around them, you can run your pump for two hours here, five hours there, and then one more hour. As long as it runs for at least 8 hours in each 24-hour period, you're covered.