Mini Heat Pumps

[thesubmitter]

I've been looking at adding a heat pump to my 18ft above ground pool.

I found a hayward variable 40BTU heat pump for 1399$ CAD brand new and then I figure another 2-300$ for install.

However then I noticed these:

Mini heat pump - Pump - to 40 m³ volume - Gre Pools

Mini heat pump - Pump - to 40 m³ volume The Mini heat pumps are the new models of heat pumps available in the pool market. These heat pumps are installed very easily and do not require previous installation and specify a By-pass. It is a Plug & Play product that is placed on the same circuit as the

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Steinbach 049273 - Steinbach heat pump Mini | Steinbach-Group.com

Steinbach 049273 - Steinbach heat pump Mini online bestellen bei Steinbach-Group.com

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Anybody ever seen anything like this and how they perform? They are half the price approx and looks like they don't need any electrical work to hook them up as they are low amperage.

 

[ajw22]

Mini heat pumps will give you mini heat. It is all about BTUs.

How many gallons are in your pool?

1 BTU will raise 1 pound of water 1 degree.

 

[PoolGate]

Looks like that outputs 18k BTUs. Most pool heat pumps are in the range of 150k BTUs. So it is small. It might work, but it might not even keep up with nightly heat losses. In your climate, I don't think it would do much more than a solar bubble cover.