freeze sensor

Cold weather is on the way! The forecast is calling for extremely cold weather beginning late this weekend into early next week. This can be difficult on pool equipment, as water expands by approximately 9% when it freezes, sometimes resulting in busted pipes or equipment components. What can really be difficult on pool equipment is consecutive number of hours below freezing—which we are expecting from beginning Sunday thru Tuesday night. Following Are a Few General Maintenance Tips That Will Help When it Comes to Preventing Problems Due to Freezing Temperatures: Most Pool Equipment in the Denton area has been programmed so that the pumps are switched on by a Freeze Sensor when the ambient air temperature approaches freezing, but it is still important to make…

It has been a fairly mild winter thus far, but it appears that will change this weekend, with lows expected to be as low as the single digits on Monday night. What can really be difficult on pool equipment is consecutive number of hours below freezing—which we are expecting from Friday night until Wednesday (over 100 hours). It has been 25 years (January 30-February 5, 1996) since we have had that many consecutive hours of below freezing, when we had 136 hours. FOLLOWING ARE A FEW GENERAL MAINTENANCE TIPS THAT WILL HELP WHEN IT COMES TO PREVENTING PROBLEMS DUE TO FREEZING TEMPERATURES: Fill the pool—Since water hoses typically freeze, we suggest that you fill up your pool prior to the arrival of freezing weather. Empty…