Pool Technology

What do I do during an electricity blackout and my pool equipment isn’t working?

During a blackout, your pool equipment will stop working because there is no power. This means both chlorination and filtration will not be working. There are a number of actions…

Robot Pool Cleaners – 5 Things To Look For

In the world of pool automation, few things perk up the ears more than the term, ‘robotic pool cleaner’. To some, it inspires imagery of a hot, android pool guy,…

September 17th, 2019

How can Pooled Energy sensors identify when my pool is leaking?

Pooled Energy can often detect when your pool has a leak by monitoring the history of your salinity readings. Below is a trend of a pool’s salinity over 5 weeks….

July 23rd, 2018

Real World Examples of Solar PV and Swimming Pools

SOLAR PV and POOLS – non-Pooled Energy pool Below are examples of a non-Pooled Energy pool in Coogee, with data taken during different weather over a single week. This data…

July 23rd, 2018

Reduce Swimming Pool electricity use while improving water quality

When you slow most things down it is quite reasonable to expect that you will save a bit of energy, just think of the difference between running and walking or…

July 11th, 2018

The meaning of Energy Star Ratings

This section is a regular feature of our newsletters. It is intended to be unbiased, general Industry comment dealing in objective facts. What do Star Ratings mean? They have…

May 10th, 2018

New Solar Heater Control System Available

Pooled Energy’s new Solar Heater Control system is available – no need to repair/replace old solar controllers

May 7th, 2018

New Gas Heater and Heat Pump Controller algorithms now available – save more energy!

Connecting Gas and Electric pool heaters You can ask us to connect new or existing pool heater to the Pooled Energy Intelligent Pool Controller (IPC). This will enable us to…

May 7th, 2018

Solar Power and the economy

Australia is a global leader with solar PV generation and there are massive forward commitments for large scale arrays and large forward marketing estimates for roof-top solar as at January 2018. The sun is free and solar panels seem to be inexpensive and getting cheaper, so, why are electricity prices rising so much? Electricity prices have nearly tripled in a decade and, despite some political and pundit comments, it seems inevitable that they will continue to rise. We often hear that solar electricity is the least expensive sort of electricity available, so, how can that be?

February 14th, 2018

Pooled Energy’s Solar Optimiser Algorithm

Pooled Energy’s Solar Optimiser Algorithm is now available. Our Adaptive Solar Control uses weather data to maximise your solar PV ( and solar thermal heating ) and lowers the running cost of your pool. It’s free – Please ask for it if you want it.

February 13th, 2018