Recent content by DigitalGuru

While I wasn't the reviewer that op posted, it does sound like my experience. Ours didn't arrive with the cord, they shipped one and it's been working pretty well since. I think it does use about 1.5kw an hour or so for 1-2 degree increase. Humidity plays a big part in its efficiency.

Hello all. Got the pool setup this weekend, heater and all! Much faster this year compared to our first last year. Was filling within 90 minutes, with a couple breaks. I waited until we had about two feet of water before I started on the wall skimmer install. I decided to not cut the...

Thank you @Mdragger88! That was exactly what I was looking for, confirmation that someone else has pierced the bonded seam. Only difference I see is my pool is a rectangle with slightly sloped sides compared to his round / vertical walls. Fingers crossed no issues from that.

I just purchased a Hayward wall skimmer to upgrade our Intex XTR 9'x18' pool. I'm looking to mount the skimmer as high as possible to not lose water depth. My thoughts were to position the skimmer high enough on the wall that the 3 screws at the top of the skimmer would be through the bonded...

Thank you @nuttyp and @JamesW for your passion and expertise in this thread. I would be lying if I said I understand it all! I was skeptical about the COP claim from Aquastrong, so it's nice to know that it's likely BS. But it does sound like it will be able to accomplish my hope of topping...

Thank you for your posts, very helpful. Now you can see how was gambling on this purchase! I was under the impression that this was going to pull 14 amps, not 18. So I'm a little concerned as our current power supply is a 20 amp circuit! I had read from other reviews that it never pulls the...

I have no numbers from the unit as I don't have the power cord yet. Not sure if this label helps you:

Very nice write up Joe! Thank you. Aquastrong just responded as well and they are shipping me the cord ASAP. Once I get pool setup and the heater installed, I'll see what I can do to calculate the COP from your post. At this point it has seemed too good to be true, so I'm trying not to get my...

This is what he was talking about, that the sun helps breakdown CCs. It's been a while since I watched it, but that was why I was leaving it uncovered during the day last year.

I received our heater yesterday. The delivery was a freight shipment from Amazon so I had to be here to sign for it. It arrived in pretty good condition. There was a 2-in circular hole through the top of the box that went all the way to the unit itself but no damage. The base that it was screwed...

I've heard both, Swimming Pool Steve from YT, has a video that advocates to take it off during the day so light penetrates the entire water column, thereby heating and disinfecting more thoroughly. But I wonder if the loss by evaporation might counterbalance this effect. 🤔