consumer reports? and the 24 hr cir pump

[PGA]

Has any else read an artical about it not being good to run your cir pump 24/7??? My read one and thought it was in Consumer Reports..What your opinion?  

[PGA]

Sorry about that   it was suppose to be my wife read it etc...

[Brewman]

I'd like to see the article and decide from there.  I've been running my circ pump 24/7 for over 2 years, if I'm doing something wrong, I'd like to know what.  
Could you get the name and date of this publication?
TIA
Brewman

[PGA]

I'll ask her to find it and post it. From what I have have seen here it sounded like she was mistaken but I thought I would ask just incase.

[leesweet]

I doubt it was CR... I read it and sure would have remembered that!    I also just checked their website and there's nothing for hot tubs or spas, and almost everything that's in the mag is online (especially for paying customers...).

As for the actual question, I'd think it's a lot better to have the water circulating and filtering at some rate 24/7 that to be sitting idle, fermenting...

[Chas]

Well, HotSpring has sold spas with constant circ pumps for a long time, and they seem to work pretty well...

[Drewski]

I currently have more than 40,000 HRS of continuous operation on mine.

I would think that turning it on and off all the time would cause MORE problems instead of fewer...

Drewski

[leesweet]

I think the idea with the newer models, also, is to have a lower power separate circ pump that runs at 'full' power all the time, and then have the other 'jet' pumps to use when you are actually in the spa or running the real filter cycle.  That's better than running a larger pump at some fraction of full power as a circ pump, to my engineering mind.

(But, as was said, all of the options probably work fine, and some are just a little finer than others!  I agree that if you have an ozonator, that a 24/7 circ pump is a good idea...)

[HotTubMan]

I can't speak for the controls on all tubs equipped with circ pumps.

One problem many Beachcomber customers have with the "Hush" pump is that it shuts down when the temperature in the spa in 2 degrees F higher than what it has been set to.

This only poses a problem for those who wish to turn the spa down to low 90's or high 80's in the summer. The tub often heats above that margin and there is no circulation, which can result in scuzzy water.

[Chas]

The answer to that is to use the spa. Or at least leave the lid open in the evening for several hours, or prop it up a little way to let the water cool so the pump can kick back in.

[Vinny]

One problem many Beachcomber customers have with the "Hush" pump is that it shuts down when the temperature in the spa in 2 degrees F higher than what it has been set to.

Artesian has come out in 2005 with a huge circulation pump. It's a 48 frame pump, I don't know if it's the same concept as Beachcomber (isn't BC about 35,000 gallons a day) but it hasn't shut off since I turned the breaker on and yes I have my temp set to 98 because it's hitting 100 and 101 with all the pumps on.  

[HotTubMan]

The answer to that is to use the spa. Or at least leave the lid open in the evening for several hours, or prop it up a little way to let the water cool so the pump can kick back in.

Sounds like extra work