Energy Saving Pumps

Energy Saving Pumps

LIPA has been urging homeowners to cut down on engergy use. Long Island has some of the highest electrical costs in the country, the reason being supply and demand. We use up so much electric that LIPA can not keep up with our demands. One of the major reasons for this is pool and spa pumps. Many of our pools on Long Island have two or more pumps, some even more than that. It's the number one reason for high electric bills. LIPA has been working hand and hand with all of the major pool equipment manufacturers in creating pool pumps with several speeds and fan-cooled motors. Companies such as Pentair and Hayward are coming out with variable speed pumps that run on seventy five percent less electricity than the one or two horsepower pool pumps of yesterday. LIPA is offering a four hundred dollar rebate to the homeowner who purchases one of these pumps through an authorized installer. The fact that the pool pump cuts your electric bill in one quarter means that the pool pump can pay for itself in two years. One of the major selling points of these pumps is that they are so quiet that if you are standing next to one you can barely tell its on. The pump is also cool to the touch, even after running for 24 hours straight. There are several options that these pumps come equipped with, the touch pads on top of these pumps can program in several running scenarios. You can program the pump to run on low speed in the morning, also you can program it to ramp up in the afternoon during the hotter hours of the day, and you can kick it back to low speed as the day winds down. The pump can act as its own time clock. Another way to set the pump up is to run it for 24 hours on low speed instead of running your one or two horsepower pump for eight hours on regular speed and still pay a lot less for electricity.