Heat pumps can drastically reduce the running cost of your swimming pool

For every £1 that you spend on electricity with a heat pump, approximately £5 of heat energy will go into your pool. The electricity to the heat pump simply powers the fan and compressor. The system takes heat from the surroundng air and transfers it to the pool.

A heat pump is approximately:-

• 1/2 the cost of Natural Gas
• 1/3 the cost of Oil or Propane
• 1/5 the cost of Electric Resistance

These figures were produced BEFORE the fuel price inceases in the UK and so the savings are even greater.

How Much Will It Cost to Run a Swimming Pool Heat Pump?

The following is an example of running costs from a Heat Perfector 32kw unit.

This would be for a large pool and smaller heat pumps will be less to run.

The calculations were made in June 2009.

• Heat Perfector 32kw is rated at 19.3A which is 4.63kw.
   
• Typical electricity costs are 9p per kwh (Based on NPower Sign Online 14 Tariff at June 2009)
   
• Running costs are therefore 4.63kw x 9p = 41.6p per hour
   
• Assuming the heat pump runs for 8 hours per day (often less in summer) this would cost
   
• 8hrs x 41.6p/hour = £3.33 per day

So running a 32kw heat pump for 8hrs a day would cost approx £3.33 per day - the cost of a sandwich !

This equates to £101 per month  (£3.33 x 365 / 12) although for an outdoor pool, you would only run the heat pump in the summer months, say April to September

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