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Pool cooler
Posted on 9/5/23 at 12:45 pm
Posted on 9/5/23 at 12:45 pm
Do any of you using glacier cooling-tower style coolers have problems with pH using it? I've read that aerating features cause pH to drop. Wondering if the same problems exist on the Glacier coolers.
Was thinking of using a pop up sprinkler (like for lawns) to spray over an inground pool overnight to provide cooling. Would be tied into the pool pump, etc. not using fresh tap water. Would use a gear head sprinkler to spray a stream, modify it to be staitonary.
Is this a dumb idea? Seems much cheaper than the $$$ for the install of one of the glacier systems if its just using the air to cool anyway.
Would tap in between the pump and filter, and run that to 2-3 sprinklers spraying in parallel.
Was thinking of using a pop up sprinkler (like for lawns) to spray over an inground pool overnight to provide cooling. Would be tied into the pool pump, etc. not using fresh tap water. Would use a gear head sprinkler to spray a stream, modify it to be staitonary.
Is this a dumb idea? Seems much cheaper than the $$$ for the install of one of the glacier systems if its just using the air to cool anyway.
Would tap in between the pump and filter, and run that to 2-3 sprinklers spraying in parallel.
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Posted on 9/5/23 at 1:23 pm to F73ME
Do they have pumps that can circulate pool water far underground to pull out some of the heat in the water?
My well water comes out cold
My well water comes out cold
Posted on 9/5/23 at 1:29 pm to F73ME
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I've read that aerating features cause pH to drop.
Aeration raises pH.
quote:
Was thinking of using a pop up sprinkler (like for lawns) to spray over an inground pool overnight to provide cooling.
This will help, but you'll have to try to see how much difference it makes.
I added a different head to my deck jet for aeration and I run it about 23 hours a day. It makes about 2-3 degrees per day of difference compared to not running it. I've also added some umbrellas that I put on the perimeter of my pool to keep the sun directly from warming it. If go out a couple of times per day to relocate the umbrellas as needed to keep shade on the pool, it helps about 3-4 more degrees as well. It's a little work, but my pool was hitting 97 degrees in the late afternoon in July. Now it maxes out around 90-91 on the hottest days. The last week or so, I've been maxing out around 88-89 degrees.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 1:31 pm to notbilly
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Aeration raises pH.
Thats what i meant sorry. Makes you have to add acid.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 1:41 pm to F73ME
I just installed a 28x28x28 shade sail over the west side of my pool this past weekend. I didn’t take detailed water temp measurements before or after but it’s pretty clear it has dropped water temps by a few degree. Temps yesterday afternoon were in high 80’s when they have not been below 94° since the hot streak got rolling
Posted on 9/5/23 at 2:08 pm to F73ME
aerating raises ph. so you have to add acide to bring it back down. And yes evaporative cooling will aerate the water. but muriatic is cheap.
IMO sprinkler heads will not move enough water to make a different plus the power your pool pump will consume.
That's why I made a DIY cooling tower with a 55gal water barrel, 18" fan, and a submersible pump.
IMO sprinkler heads will not move enough water to make a different plus the power your pool pump will consume.
That's why I made a DIY cooling tower with a 55gal water barrel, 18" fan, and a submersible pump.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 2:34 pm to F73ME
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gear head sprinkler to spray a stream, modify it to be staitonary.
the more misty the spray, the more cooling will occur
quote:
Would be tied into the pool pump
quote:
Would tap in between the pump and filter,
concerned how this will affect your water circulation by losing PSI from the return jets
Posted on 9/5/23 at 2:36 pm to CarRamrod
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That's why I made a DIY cooling tower with a 55gal water barrel, 18" fan, and a submersible pump.
Pics please?
I like building junk in my backyard that my wife can complain about.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 2:52 pm to REB BEER
my pool was 83 degrees saturday morning.. 
Posted on 9/5/23 at 3:17 pm to CarRamrod
quote:mine felt wonderful this weekend. Almost a touch too cold.
my pool was 83 degrees saturday morning..
Posted on 9/5/23 at 3:34 pm to F73ME
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I've read that aerating features cause pH to drop.
I use a fountain to cool mine. I am always fighting high pH.
A fountain will provide a little relief IF you run it at night. You can build a simple one out of PVC to attach to your pool inlet. Just Google it. Don't expect a 10 degree drop though with these 100+ deg days. Once we get back to the more normal low 90's highs you'll get more comfortable water temps.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 3:47 pm to Boudreaux35
i have 3 of the cheap amazon sprinklers in my returns. run the pool from 8pm to noon the next day as it suggested. my pool temps went from 94-96 to 84-86 even with the hot temps.
i also have a waterfall wall feature that helps.
as others said i add acid if ph gets whack from it.
i also have a waterfall wall feature that helps.
as others said i add acid if ph gets whack from it.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 3:48 pm to CarRamrod
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my pool was 83 degrees saturday morning..
I added a second PVC pipe sprayer to my pool and it has worked wonders. It runs all night long. Last Thursday morning, when the humidity was low, my pool temp was 76. It got up to 83 by the afternoon once the sun heated it up, but it hasn't been above 90 in a couple weeks now that I'm running both sprayers.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 3:51 pm to Whatafrekinchessiebr
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I just installed a 28x28x28 shade sail over the west side of my pool this past weekend.
What did you attach the sail to? Posts, house, fence, etc? I looked at that idea, but I didn't want to set posts in the ground that I might not need for so long. I didn't have any high pool temp issues in 2021 or 2022.
Posted on 9/5/23 at 3:51 pm to BMoney
quote:yea idk if i believe that...76 degree water is cold. hell 83 degree water is cold
my pool temp was 76.
assuming you are in BR.
This post was edited on 9/5/23 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 9/5/23 at 4:29 pm to F73ME
We usually use it on weekends- since it’s basically just using the same pool water and just cooling it thru some type of vents with a fan. It’s a simple concept but effective.
We haven’t noticed any chemical issues
We haven’t noticed any chemical issues
Posted on 9/6/23 at 6:51 am to F73ME
I made my own sprayers and the kids loved them
1 1/4” threaded male adapter into the wall
1 1/4” to 1” reducer
1” 90
1” pvc from 90 to about 18” above water and cap with 1” cap.
Take a hack saw and cut slits in the 1” riser every inch above the water.
During the day if you want to run the pump you can just turn them down parallel with the water surface and it works like
a regular return jet. At night you raise them back up and let them sprinkle the water. I never did this since my kids loved the spray.
Set your pump to run during the hours the air temp is cooler than your water temp. You can look at the weather app on your phone to see the times.
In the shallow end I had to add a 1” threaded male and a female just above the 90 so I could take it apart to screw it in and out of the wall. This is not necessary in the deep end.
1 1/4” threaded male adapter into the wall
1 1/4” to 1” reducer
1” 90
1” pvc from 90 to about 18” above water and cap with 1” cap.
Take a hack saw and cut slits in the 1” riser every inch above the water.
During the day if you want to run the pump you can just turn them down parallel with the water surface and it works like
a regular return jet. At night you raise them back up and let them sprinkle the water. I never did this since my kids loved the spray.
Set your pump to run during the hours the air temp is cooler than your water temp. You can look at the weather app on your phone to see the times.
In the shallow end I had to add a 1” threaded male and a female just above the 90 so I could take it apart to screw it in and out of the wall. This is not necessary in the deep end.
This post was edited on 9/6/23 at 11:59 am
Posted on 9/6/23 at 8:41 am to CarRamrod
quote:
yea idk if i believe that...76 degree water is cold. hell 83 degree water is cold
assuming you are in BR.
Yep, BR. It did rain on that Tuesday night, then Wednesday was a low humidity day. Thursday morning my wife and I sat outside drinking coffee for damn near an hour because it was so comfortable. Decided to check the temp, and it was 76. But those sprayers were running all night and the air temp was around 72-73 while we were sitting outside.
Yesterday afternoon, my water temp was 86.
The second sprayer I added sends the droplets much higher on an arc. My original one just shoots them outward. I'm guessing the further those droplets travel before hitting the water surface, the more cooling takes place.
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