Pool Talk
Running costs, water care and the rules of thumb worth questioning. Written by the team behind TED.
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Fixed schedules are set for the worst case. Here’s how matching runtime to conditions adds up over a year.
Watts, hours and cents per kWh: how to work out what your pump costs a year, with South East Queensland prices.
Generic runtime rules don’t fit most pools. Here’s what changes when you treat a pool as a system.
Suction or robot? How they work, what they cost to run, and which suits your pool.
The essentials of pool water chemistry, and the right order to balance it in.
How a Mosman couple cut their pool pump’s running cost by 58% during the TED proof of concept trial, one tested step at a time.
A simple way to work out your pool’s volume in litres, for rectangular and kidney shaped pools.
Work out what your pump and chlorinator use, and what that costs on a flat or time of use tariff.
Why a small change in pH makes a big difference to how well your chlorine works, and why salt pools drift up.
Eight rules of thumb for pump runtime, and what we think of each one.
The smart plug and app for pool owners who want to get it right.