Originally Posted By: JBjorgen
Yeah, our first house here had a pool and the pump ran 3 hours a day, which coupled with our normal power usage, pushed our bill to $3500 pesos ($195). I'm looking forward to lower bills at our new place although I haven't gotten the bi-monthly bill yet.

How effective was the pump only running 3 hours a day? When I had my pool resurfaced a few years ago, they recommended an hour for every 10 degrees of water temperature.