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The necessary size (or horsepower) of the pump can be determined by the following general rule-for above ground pools up to 24 ft round, use a 1 HP pump and for above ground pools over 24 ft round, use a 1.5 HP pump.
Water pumps of 1, 1.5, and 2 horsepower are very common-and for the average size pool, very oversized. Oversizing pumps has become such an issue that the State of California (a big pool state), recently enacted a law to control how big of a pump could be placed on a swimming pool.hile it might not seem possible, it is actually less expensive to run your pool water pump 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if you have the correct pump in place.