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Heat pump vs Pool solar heating - Performance 20 degrees to 28 degrees in 1 day no pool cover

This example is in Carterton. Heat pump 27kw Pool size 9m x 4m No cover was on the pool during this period Pool ambient 17 degrees Date November 1st Heat pump COP 6 PSH solar system COP 35 Performance 20 degrees to 28 degrees, in 1 day no pool cover! The heat pump had been working, for days on end. It never got above 22 degrees. We installed our pool solar heating system, which covers 72sqm of a hay shed, with our the PSH solar system. The heat pump was turned off We started the system at 8am on 20 degrees By 2:45pm the pool got to 27 degrees  By 5pm the pool was 28 degrees Achieved this lift in heat...

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Pool heating performance Heat pump vs solar

There is always varying information around heating a pool sith pool solar vs heat pump vs gas.  Gas is #1 - without question. But does come at a cost, however you get heat on demand. Feed back from a customer below, the result will shock you.We are dropping in photos of actual performance of solar systems.  We will make note if a cover is used and where a cover is not used. n.b. Solar does not need a cover, but granted it is not effective when cold (But you are not swimming when it is cool. A heat pump acts the same on cool days i.e. They take the ambient air and strip out the warm air. So if warm air...

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What is the real cost to heat a pool - Commercial

Below is our costing model to heat a series of commercial pools. We have modelled this on middle of north island so you can scale this accordingly. For this pool we are recommending an equivalent unit to either the  a AHP-95 or AHP- 120  OUTDOOR POOL 66sqm POOL DESIGN           Pool surface area (m2)     =    66.0                     Pool volume       (m3)     =    73.0           Bottom colour : Light           Pool in very windy location           Pool not shaded           No pool cover used      ...

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