WAY expensive since I have an in-ground liner pool. If I drained the pool down far enough the liner would end up having to be replaced.
I'm fortunate with my electric plan though. I have free nights from 8pm to 6am. In the summer when my family uses the pool I run the pump for 8 hours during the free time, and during the winter when the pool cover is on I run it for 4 hours a night. Unfortunately I can't do that at the moment.
I will say eventually I'll win the battle with my wife - I hate the pool because all pools are money pits, and she likes it. She has been realizing the money wasted recently, but she still doesn't like my idea of draining it and making it into a tornado/SHTF bunker. Another year or 2 of sheltering in the bathrooms while tornadoes are in the area should do it.
WAY expensive since I have an in-ground liner pool. If I drained the pool down far enough the liner would end up having to be replaced.
I'm fortunate with my electric plan though. I have free nights from 8pm to 6am. In the summer when my family uses the pool I run the pump for 8 hours during the free time, and during the winter when the pool cover is on I run it for 4 hours a night. Unfortunately I can't do that at the moment.
I will say eventually I'll win the battle with my wife - I hate the pool because all pools are money pits, and she likes it. She has been realizing the money wasted recently, but she still doesn't like my idea of draining it and making it into a tornado/SHTF bunker. Another year or 2 of sheltering in the bathrooms while tornadoes are in the area should do it.