Checked with my pool installer. He has only done them with new pools. Has anyone on here had them added after the fact and if so post a pic of the piping? Simple to control on / off using a relay in the panel - of course I am out of relays so I will have to get a bigger one and that is an additional expense. But main question now is can they be added after fact without any negative side effects on performance, etc. etc.? Thanks!!!
Glacier pool chiller
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jark87
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- Jun 5, 2011
- 1,187
- Pool Size
- 25500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Mine was installed after the original pool build. See plumbing pics below. I didn’t have a slot for the chiller, but the spa light was on its own so I had the installer combine the spa light with the pool lights and then use the spa light port for the chiller so that I could program it.
Water coming out of the heater goes into a T - one branch off the T flows to the chiller.
The outflow from the chiller then is T’d back into a return.
Water coming out of the heater goes into a T - one branch off the T flows to the chiller.
The outflow from the chiller then is T’d back into a return.
My PB came by and took a look. He has installed many of these and likes them. He does not agree or follows Glacier intall manual that shows inlet to chiller coming off pump discharge after the filter and then coming out of the chiller into the pump suction. This also seems strange to me. The way he does it in pump outlet before the filter he adds to automated valves that can be controlled. Makes the chiller a feature. You turn the feature on water goes thru the chiller. You turn the feature off the chiller is bypassed. Any thoughts concerns with this approach? I have a call into Glacier to ask them as well.
jark87
Silver Supporter
- Jun 5, 2011
- 1,187
- Pool Size
- 25500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
Yes, mine is plumbed in after the filter and has actuators so that I can program it. If the chiller is off, it is bypassed. Just be careful where the actuator is placed. My installer had the valve placed down by the chiller instead of back up the line. The first winter, we had a hard freeze and of course, there was water in that line, which froze and broke the pipe. To his credit, he came back out and repaired it.
I know that this is an old thread and may not get any responses but I just added a Glacier Pool Chiller and after having played with it for a few days and nights I am a little disappointed. I also live in South Texas on the Coast and my water temp has dropped from 92 to 85. I've ran it 12 hours at night and 9 hours at night so far and only got it down to 85. And then by the end of the day the pool temps have crept up to 90-ish again. The biggest thing and expense that I have noticed was having to add pool water almost every day! I've back the runtime down to 12 am-7am and if it still gets the temp down to 85 I supposed I'll leave it there and thus wouldn't have to add so much water to the pool. Don't get me wrong, 85 feels nice but I think I would have to run it 24/7 to keep it there, and then I'd be adding so much water to the pool that it would be cost prohibitive
- May 7, 2014
- 429
- Pool Size
- 29980
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
I think you are inline with the performance that you should be getting. If at bedtime my water is 92 and I run it all night it, it will be 85 the next morning. When the air temp gets to high 90's...I will run mine 24 hours a day and even in that heat it will still heat to 88 at the end of the day, which still feels great. All of my friends pools are 94+.
You do have to add water daily....I don't notice much of a monthly increase, I think I use more water keeping my garden and plants around the pool watered than I do adding water to the pool. A heat pump that will cool you water would be like running a 2nd AC system and cost many times more to operate. I love mine...but I am also content with 85-88 degree water when it is hot outside.
jark87
Silver Supporter
- Jun 5, 2011
- 1,187
- Pool Size
- 25500
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
This summer has probably been the toughest for the chiller that I can remember. Our low temp last night was 86°. Hard for the chiller to do much with that. Even with the high temps, the water has maxed at 85°. Temp is 83° in the mornings.
Thank you for all of the responses! I've dialed it in a bit and am now running it from 3 am to 8 pm. Still adding water every day but the temps get down to 85-88 depending on sun and clouds