We just finished our first month with our new IG pool. It is a small pool approximatley 12x29 with the shallow end at 3 feet and the deep end at 6 feet. My question is, I ran the filter a Jandy 60 DE filter with a Jandy 1hp pump four hours a day. I live in California, and my one month electric bill was $218.00 as opposed to my pre pool bill which was usually around $75.

I know that our electric out here is expensive, but wow. I did not calculate such an expense, as my research did not show that the filteration was that expensive. I also know that I will have to run it twice as long in summer, which means an even higher bill.

Can someone tell me if this is normal?

Thanks