Heat Loss Tool

[adrnum1]

Moved from old thread HERE

Any chance this file can still be used? Would love to look at heat loss of pipe as we are making our decision on location of our equipment

 

[Texas Splash]

Welcome to TFP! @mas985 might be able to assist, but it would help to also know more about your pool and equipment. Consider updating your signature. See mine as an example. Enjoy the forum.

 

[mas985]

You can find all of the spreadsheets I put together over the years here:

Hydraulics 101 - Have you lost your head?

Edit - Before reading this article, you may want to first familiarize yourself with this Pool School article on Pump Basics Hydraulics 101 - Hydraulics, Pipes and Filters When building my pool, I did a significant amount of research on swimming pool plumbing and water hydraulics. I also found...

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However, I think you will find that the heat loss in piping is insignificant compared to that of the pool itself even when using pool covers. Plus underground runs lose much less heat than above ground. So it should not be much of a consideration for layout.

 

[adrnum1]

Thank you @mas985. The spreadsheet is fantastic and the loss seems tiny, even with one of the runs being ~90'.