Recent content by catiare

I don’t understand how the system would lose heat to the air. The heat exchanger would be before the compressor not after. The only inefficiency I see is the compressor always working in lieu of a simpler setup. Also, since the fan turns on demand, I would assume the fan would cycle less...

Perhaps, the on/off cycle of the compressor will be less frequent due to the fact that the refrigerant has been cooled enough by water.

Oh I see. Thanks for the clarification!

I'm considering installing the FPH by the end of September. I live in Miami where we run the AC 24-7 except a handful days a year - however water can get cold (by our standards) from November to March yet average temperature is in the high 70's. Also the pool gets shade most of the day at that...

Thanks!

How long do you all think I should run the pump for? The builder says 5hrs in high and the rest in low. Based on what I read it seems excessive. My pump is a Jandy 2.0-.25HP and its only 8k gallons and the temp this time of the year is around 75. Also is it ok to run it only at night while is...

Thanks for the tips and compliments! Adding the Speed Stir to the shopping cart. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Hi Everybody. We finally got our pool built. I wish I knew this forum when we were in the early bidding stages as we may have done some things different. But thats ok. Nothing that can't can be upgraded later. We built a small rectangular pool 12x24x4 around 8000 Gal, SWG, 2 HP Pump w /2...