Hydro-Québec - Residential Customers

Pool Timers
Don't waste a minute!

Save up to $85 on electricity in just one summer.
Cut the length of time your filter pump operates, with no adverse effect on water quality.
Reduce the noise caused by the pump motor.
Help protect the environment.

A few tips

Do not use a timer if you heat your pool with a heat pump.
Do not buy an all-purpose timer model. The timer must have a minimum capacity of 15 amps and be designed to control motors.
An appropriate model can also be used in winter for your vehicle
block heater and for outdoor Christmas lights (or other lights).
Make sure your pool water is clean and properly balanced
chemically (pH and chlorine) at all times.
If you use a chlorinator, you will have to readjust its flow.
Did you install your timer outside?
Make sure you buy a waterproof model.

Timers for above-ground pools
Annual savings: up to $60 a year
(assuming use of 1-hp motor).

Timers for in-ground pools
Annual savings: up to $85 a year
(assuming use of a 1.5-hp motor).

Suggested off time – Above-ground pools

May	June	July	August	Sept.-Oct.
12 h *	10 h	10 h	10 h	12 h

* The colder the water, the less it needs to be filtered.

Suggested off time – In-ground pools

May	June	July	August	Sept.-Oct.
12 h *	8 h	8 h	8 h	12 h

* The colder the water, the less it needs to be filtered.

Timers for in-ground pools are more expensive and must be installed by a master electrician. If the pump is located above the water level, make sure there's no air leakage and that the pump doesn't dry up. Otherwise, it could be damaged.