I'm looking to purchase a heat pump for my pool within the next month. I'm on a tight budget and I don't want to spend more than $2,500 on the heater. I live in northern New Jersey and I'm only looking to heat the pool during summer months (June-August). I have a 16x32 20,000 gallon in ground pool. The pool currently has solar panels installed on the roof to heat the water. After I install the heat pump, the solar panels will only be used to help maintain the temperature the heat pump brings the temperature to (the solar panels only get about 5 hours of sun a day). I have narrowed down my search between the Raypak R4350ti 85,000 BTU heat pump and the Pentair UltraTemp 70 75,000 BTU heat pump. The Raypak heat pump has a higher BTU rating and is about $300.00-$400.00 cheaper than the Pentair unit. Does anyone on here have experience with the Raypak heat pumps? I wan't to make sure the unit is reliable before I spend $2,000 on it.
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