I am looking at having electric solar panels put on my house and the installer said that they also install lots of heat pumps for pools. I live in the Las Vegas area so weather is very dry. They say it works great but I always was under the impression that a heat pump wouldn't work well in a dry environment. My natural gas heater is only 1 year old Pentair so I wouldn't want to replace it at this point, just add in the heat pump on the solar loop I had installed when the pool was being plumbed. I was leaning towards doing the roof solar panels for pool heat but they actually cost $1,200 more than the heat pump and the solar power installer seems to think the heat pump is a better system.
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with pool heat pumps in a dry desert climate?
I thought Pentair was coming out with a combo unit (Natural Gas Heater/Heat Pump) but I haven't seen much on that and it is expensive (Pentair UltraTemp Eti Hybrid Heater).
Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with pool heat pumps in a dry desert climate?
I thought Pentair was coming out with a combo unit (Natural Gas Heater/Heat Pump) but I haven't seen much on that and it is expensive (Pentair UltraTemp Eti Hybrid Heater).