Went swimming this morning in the town pool....... Jeepers, Unhealthy temperature at an incredible 27.5 degrees...... talk about energy saving keeping those boilers running all the time at that temp!
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They heat the pool now ?? .. with oil burners ?? mm I remember when we used to wait in the afternoons after school for the pool to open and Mrs Lindhout used to write the temperature on a board outside .. we used to wish the temp higher some days ... as it could get cold with wind chill ..
next question .. there is an abundance of sun in O'mund .. why do they not have batteries of solar panels for heating .. solar heating works .. even if it supplements conventional .. I tend to take the touted promises of savings up to 50 % ridiculous .. my experience in CT is 25 - 30 % which is fair .. and think of many doing that .. it amounts to a major load drop on the grid ..
I think the warmest the water ever was when I was a tjokkertjie, was about 220C.
THere is also a cover that goes over the town pool... save heat.......
Mike, are there still high "cypress" trees around the pool? Do they still cut off branches for Christmas trees in December? The smell of those trees will always make me think of Christmas!
Nope, Nope, they were removed about twenty odd years back as their roots were cracking the pool...... mostly cement and one Palm tree in the corner by the community church, with grass.... and then there is a split Christmas tree in the corner by the library, also with grass..... outside the front door of the pool, the old trees were replaced with green kameeldoringbooms!
Thanks Mike - the temp was only 25C today! I quite liked the water the way it was - much easier to get into!
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