A Cheap Pool Cooler

[duraleigh]

Not applicable to many of you, but those of us here in the sweltering South frequently get tepid pool water. Water temps above 85 are just not comfortable to me.

I cobbled together a few pieces of pvc and screwed them into one of my returns to create a poor man's evaporator. Cost me about 6-7 bucks and an hour or so. 100_0188.jpg

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The results have been significant. Normally, on a 95 degree day, I'm lucky to keep pool temp below 88. With this evaporator running about 8-10 hours daily, my water has not risen above 83. The big test comes tomorrow and the next day when air temps approach 100. I'm expecting, because the relative humidity will be lower, to maintain the pool less than 85.

To this point, no drop in Alk......probably because my pH is up around 7.6 most of the time. Water loss has been minimal.

Those of you in the dry air of the West and Southwest could probably see even better results.