Add a heat pump?

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josephny

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Jun 4, 2009
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Sullivan County, NY
I have a 3 year old 20x45 inground vinyl liner over steel pool in the Catskill mountains of NY (where it doesn't get very hot).

I use a Hayward H500 propane heater and like to keep the pool around 86 degrees. This costs me a small fortune.

I was wondering if it makes sense to add a heat pump to the system (either in-line (series) or parallel with the propane heater). Or maybe there's a better solution?

Thank you,

Joseph
 
Heat pumps work better in warm climates. Their efficiency decreases as temperature decreases. It would probably work OK in the summer when temps are in the high 70s/low 80s but probably wont work well in the fall, winter, or spring.
 
The best of both worlds, properly sized solar system supplemented by gas heater.

If ambient temperature isn’t high enough, a heat pump will struggle to heat to 86, if you go this route, minimum sized heat pump should be 120,000 btu.
 
sktn77a said:
Heat pumps work better in warm climates. Their efficiency decreases as temperature decreases. It would probably work OK in the summer when temps are in the high 70s/low 80s but probably wont work well in the fall, winter, or spring.
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Summers in the mountains have warm days (70's-90's) but chilly nights (50's-70's). How would I add the heat pump to do all the heating it was capable of and have the propane heater pick up the rest?

Thanks!
 
Pool_Medic said:
The best of both worlds, properly sized solar system supplemented by gas heater.

If ambient temperature isn’t high enough, a heat pump will struggle to heat to 86, if you go this route, minimum sized heat pump should be 120,000 btu.
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Aha! Solar energy directly heating water in pipe or solar to electric heat?

And I'm totally in the dark about how 1 heat source can function as supplemental to the other (i.e., the mechanism that makes that happen).

Thanks!
 
Salad panels for the pool, they are plumbed before the gas heater, the idea is the panels heat water higher than pool and of needed the gas can bump it up if it’s cloudy. Best part is, once properly installed facing the south, the heat from the panels only requires the pump to get that heat.
 
Pool_Medic said:
Salad panels for the pool, they are plumbed before the gas heater, the idea is the panels heat water higher than pool and of needed the gas can bump it up if it’s cloudy. Best part is, once properly installed facing the south, the heat from the panels only requires the pump to get that heat.
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Makes perfect sense. I have a cabana-type roof (~12' x ~24') right next to the pool equipment, but it tilts towards the east. Still gets sun until late afternoon.

Can you recommend either DIY with black poly pipe or a commercial product?

Thanks!
 
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