Tips for installing pool heat pumps

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HOW TO INSTALL A POOL HEAT PUMP
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Need To Know How To Operate It At Its Optimal
Efficiency. You Should Know The Following

• AN APPROPRIATE PLACE
• A FLAT BASE
• USING EXISTING PLUMBING
• APPROPRIATE WATER FLOW RATE
• SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC ENERGY

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WHY SHOULD YOU MAINTAIN YOUR SOLAR POOL HEATING
SYSTEM?

• If you want affordable and on-demand pool
  heating, a pool heat pump is the best choice.
• Indeed, gas heats quicker, but in spite of
  todays low prices, a gas pool heater can burn up
  your hard-earned money in propane or natural gas,
  year after year.
• Pool heat pumps just use petite amounts of
  electrical energy to rotate a fan and compress a
  refrigerant.
• The heat generated is basically free imbibed
  from the outside air, and transmitted into your
  pool water.

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1. AN APPROPRIATE PLACE

• Ideally, pool heat pumps must be installed
  outdoors having a steady supply of fresh air to
  remove heat.

• Youll need to select a place where it will
  obtain good air flow because the most favourable
  heat pump efficiency depends on good air flow.
  Ensure that the air being released by the fan
  will not strike any barrier and get re-circulated
  into the heat pump.

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2. A FLAT BASE

• A pool heat pumps base should be level or flat
  irrespective of it is installed above or below
  water level.
• You can install the unit on a small section of
  timber decking or on a concrete base or paving
  slabs laid on sand.
• The heat pump only produces a minimal vibration
  that wont disrupt the paving slabs.

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3. USING EXISTING PLUMBING

• Its simple to connect a new swimming pool
  heat pump to your existing plumbing pipe-work
  system of the swimming pool.
• The first thing youll need to do is to check
  the size of pipes you currently have so that you
  can get the right sized connectors and elbows to
  connect it to your existing plumbing.
• Ensure to put the unit behind all filters and
  swimming pool pumps but before all chlorinators
  and chemical pumps.

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4. APPROPRIATE WATER FLOW RATE

• Youll need to ensure the water flow rate to
  the pool heat pump is not low. In case the water
  flow rate to your pool heat pump is low, then the
  water will overheat and cause the unit to turn
  off.
• In addition, youll need examining that the
  water flow rate from your swimming pool heat pump
  and through your filter is not very high.
• Most of the swimming pool heat pumps will
  mention their required water flow rate in their
  specifications table.

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5. SUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF ELECTRIC ENERGY

• To support the functioning and start-up
  currents for the heat pump, youll need the right
  supply of electric energy. Suppose, your electric
  supply is unable to support your heat pump,
  youll require the services of a licensed
  electrician to run a dedicated cable to the heat
  pump.
• At all times, you must follow the
  manufacturers standard installation
  recommendations not only to protect the warranty
  on your unit but also to prevent your heat pump
  from stop functioning appropriately.

More Information About
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ABOUT THERMO POOLS
Thermo Pools is Australias choice for solar pool
heating installations, but why are Aussies
choosing us over any other competitor? Well, for
a start we have been in business for over 40
years and what we dont know about solar power
installations isnt worth knowing. We also are
the manufacturers of Thermo tube which is based
in Sydney and use our own install technicians, so
our customers enjoy a seamless install and
service from a hard working team of
professionals. The first Thermo tube system was
invented decades ago and has continuously
improved and innovated over time to offer the
most efficient solar pool heating system around.
There are companies who have tried to copy the
Thermo tube system, but they use cheaper, rigid,
mass produced, standardised size poly products
which arent flexible to fit perfectly to the
roof and does not offer maximum efficiencies.
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CONTACT US
NAME THERMO POOLS
ADDRESS 14/322 ANNANGROVE ROAD,
ROUSE HILL, NSW,
2155
EMAIL INFO_at_THERMOPOOLS.COM.AU
www.thermopools.com.au