Hi,
Typically, a pool heater install is to have it plumbed on the piping pathway that includes the Pool Filter.
Will it make sense to have the pool heater plumbed separately instead, say to the water feature/waterfall piping pathway? Because our waterfall feature is turned on only a few times in the year, the use case is likely the same as the pool heater. Granted, this will mean both the pool heater and the waterfall feature may both need to be simultaneously turn on for normal operation. Or, have some heater bypass valves installed.
Our Pool has 3 pumps:
One Polaris booster pump for the pool sweeper ;
One Pentair WhisperFlow 1.5HP being the primary which is connected to the Filter ;
One other identical Pentair WhisperFlow 1.5HP which is an under utilized pump because it connects to the waterfall feature of the pool which also have its own piping pathways. There are 3 waterfall outlets (0.5" x 2 feet wide rectangular) and 2 intakes/return. We don't turn on this waterfall feature much at all...
Would like to know if anyone here on TFP have considered/discussed connecting a pool heater on the separate piping circuit away from the primary piping line which typically have the pool filter. What are the pros and cons of doing it this way?
Thanks for any guidance.
Rgds,
Mike
Typically, a pool heater install is to have it plumbed on the piping pathway that includes the Pool Filter.
Will it make sense to have the pool heater plumbed separately instead, say to the water feature/waterfall piping pathway? Because our waterfall feature is turned on only a few times in the year, the use case is likely the same as the pool heater. Granted, this will mean both the pool heater and the waterfall feature may both need to be simultaneously turn on for normal operation. Or, have some heater bypass valves installed.
Our Pool has 3 pumps:
One Polaris booster pump for the pool sweeper ;
One Pentair WhisperFlow 1.5HP being the primary which is connected to the Filter ;
One other identical Pentair WhisperFlow 1.5HP which is an under utilized pump because it connects to the waterfall feature of the pool which also have its own piping pathways. There are 3 waterfall outlets (0.5" x 2 feet wide rectangular) and 2 intakes/return. We don't turn on this waterfall feature much at all...
Would like to know if anyone here on TFP have considered/discussed connecting a pool heater on the separate piping circuit away from the primary piping line which typically have the pool filter. What are the pros and cons of doing it this way?
Thanks for any guidance.
Rgds,
Mike
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