{"id":1172,"date":"2011-12-29T08:33:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T14:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcitypools.wordpress.com\/?p=1172"},"modified":"2012-06-20T13:42:18","modified_gmt":"2012-06-20T18:42:18","slug":"how-to-make-2012-the-year-of-the-energy-efficient-pool-part-3-of-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/how-to-make-2012-the-year-of-the-energy-efficient-pool-part-3-of-4\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make 2012 the Year of the Energy Efficient Pool &#8212; Part 3 of 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>Sometimes, the most simple of devices can increase energy-efficiency.\u00a0 Replace your incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs, for example, and the energy savings happen automatically.\u00a0 When it comes to swimming pools, one simple and inexpensive\u00a0device that can decrease the amount of energy used and dollars wasted is the pool filter timer,\u00a0the 3rd recommendation in my series of\u00a0four on how to make your\u00a0swimming pool more energy-efficient in 2012.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Pool Filter Timer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A third way to save energy\u00a0is to use a <strong><a title=\"Pool Filter Timers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/pool-pumps-filter-systems\/Pool-Time-Clock.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Pool Filter Timer<\/a><\/strong>. Automating a pool&#8217;s filter operation pays for itself in energy savings within the first couple of months. Except during times of heavy use, most swimming pools only need to filter 12 hours per day. Pool filter timers can save you money on electricity and chemicals. Look for a\u00a0pool filter timer that is weather proof, durable, and has\u00a0multiple settings to give you ultimate control.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the simple solutions, like this one, that can be the easiest ones to adopt first.\u00a0 On your journey to greater energy-efficiency and money savings, the pool filter timer is a good place to start.\u00a0 Once you start seeing your energy bills decrease, you can take on one or more of the other\u00a0three recommendations in this series &#8212; <a title=\"Solar Pool Covers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Pool-Covers-Solar-Blankets.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Solar Pool Covers<\/a>, <a title=\"Solar Pool Heaters\" href=\"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/pool-heaters\/Pool-Heaters-Solar.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Solar Pool Heaters<\/a>, or the subject of my next post&#8230;coming soon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Pool Filter Timer\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Images\/BWP\/Pool-Filter-Timer.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Pool Filter Timers\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, the most simple of devices can increase energy-efficiency.\u00a0 Replace your incandescent light bulbs with CFL bulbs, for example, and the energy savings happen automatically.\u00a0 When it comes to swimming pools, one simple and inexpensive\u00a0device that can decrease the amount of energy used and dollars wasted is the pool filter timer,\u00a0the 3rd recommendation in my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,6,10],"tags":[87,88,182,183],"class_list":["post-1172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmentally-friendly-ideas","category-innovative-solutions","category-pool-and-spa-equipment","tag-energy-conservation","tag-energy-efficent-swimming-pool","tag-pool-filter-timer","tag-pool-filter-timers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2No25-iU","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1476,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1172\/revisions\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}