Let the Electric Company Pay for your Cleaner!
The traditional pool filter systems are extremely inefficient users of electricity. Water is sucked in from the main drain and/ or the skimmer. Next, the water is moved 50 - 100 ft, to the pump through a valve and a massive pool filter, and then pushed back 50 - 100 ft into the pool, through wall fittings and eyeball directional fittings that further cut the water flow down (in order to create directional water jets to cover the whole pool area). It is estimated that up to 90% of the energy is used for water movement and only10% for the actual filtration.
The Robotic “Jet” Pool Cleaner is a very efficient filtration device (in addition to being a great vacuum cleaner). A built in propeller pump sucks in 85 GPM through a built in bag filter (2 micron filtration). The water is moved only a few inches through the cleaner (and internal filter) before being discharged evenly all over the pool area. The cleaner draws less than 1 amp at 115 volts or .115 kWh. With the Robotic Jet Pool Cleaner 95% of the energy is used for filtration and 5% for water movement.
Therefore, in order to save energy, consumers can generally cut down the running time of the main filter pump to 2-4 hours/day (to provide pool surface skimming) and run the Robotic Jet Pool Cleaner instead of the main filter for the additional filtration hours as required. This allows the pool owner to obtain huge energy savings (and a much cleaner pool).
1. If You Do Not Use Any Automatic Cleaner
By cutting down the filter pump to 2-4 Hours / Day and running the Robotic Jet Pool Cleaner for the hours saved on the pump, you should be able to save hundreds of Kwh's and more than $60 every month!
2. If Your Pool is Equipped With a Suction Side Cleaner
(Such as Kreepy Krauly®, Baracuda®, Pool Vac Ultra®, Navigator®, etc.)
Most states require full circulation of the pool's water within 8 hours per day. If you are already using a Suction Side Cleaner (the type of cleaner that is connected by a long vacuum cleaner hose to the skimmer) you are probably already running your pool's filter pump for more then the recommended 8 hours per day (in order to compensate for the reduced flow in the vacuum hose).
By not using a Suction Side Cleaner and by reducing the main pump's running time to 2-4 hours / day and replacing these hours of filtration by using the Robotic Jet Pool Cleaner (which is filtering 85 GPM - more then MOST filter pumps), you should be able to save hundreds of Kwh's each month. In most parts of the country the electrical savings should be more than $70 every month!
3. If Your Pool is Equipped With a Pressure Side Cleaner (Polaris®, Legend®, Phantom®, etc.)
If you are using a Pressure Side Cleaner, in addition to the filter pump you are (most likely) also using a booster pump which is consuming approx. 10 AMP (1.15 KW).
By not using the Pressure Side Cleaner and its booster pump, cutting down the filter pump hours to 2-4 hours / day, and running the Robotic Jet Pool Cleaner for the same number of hours you should be able to save hundreds of Kwh's and more than $70 every month!