Plumbing solar with heat pump

[marsui]

I am adding a heat pump to my setup today. I have a 3 way going to my solar and a check valve on the return. I rarely bypass it anymore since I no longer have a pool vacuum (upgraded to an electric robot) but its nice to have the option to isolate them/bypass them.

I'm thinking of cutting in the heat pump the same way, after the solar. I'm going to get rid of the frog thing (since I haven't used it since the first year I had my pool) to make room.

I was going to do the same exact thing as my solar, another 3 way valve, and a check valve on the return.

Now for whatever reason I can isolate the heat pump and the solar heaters. Have one on, have both on, or bypass both completely.

Does anyone see an issue with that setup?

 

[ajw22]

What model heat pump are we discussing?

 

[marsui]

What model heat pump are we discussing?

80K BTU comfortemp heat pump

Installer only charged $75 to do PVC as opposed to using flex hoses, that would prob have been the cost of material alone at home depot so I obliged.
Instead of a check valve he just put multiple shut offs and a bypass, which is fine because now I realize unlike solar I don't think running through the heatpump even if its turned off is going to slow things down much. The solar I would bypass because the flow drops so much, sometimes I need to use the manual vacuum. So having a single handle to bypass the solar is easy/fool proof.

I'll only bypass the heat pump if there is an issue so having it be simpler is not a big deal.