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There are many factors that should be considered when sizing a heat pump for your swimming pool.
These include:-
- Pool location - country and town
- Indoor or outdoor pool
- Surrounding water table level
- Windy exposed site or sheltered
- Desired pool operating temperature
- Required season to use the pool
- Pool surface area or volume
- Whether the pool is covered when not in use and at night
- If the pool has a solar or thermal cover
Also bear in mind that your heat pump needs enough power to heat your pool from cold at the start of the season.
In addition, the heat outputs quoted by each manufacturer are the maximum obtainable under optimum temperature and humidity conditions. In reality, the output that you achieve may be less than that stated.
For the reasons given above, it is therefore always advisable to oversize a heat pump whenever possible. A pool heat pump can never be too large, it will just heat up your pool more quickly ! If you undersize your pool heat pump, it will just run for many hours and may never raise your pool to the desired temperature.
This is where we can provide our expertise to consider all of these factors and help you choose the best size unit for your pool.
We therefore strongly recommend that you contact us to discuss the size of heat pump that you require before making a purchase.
The various manufacturers do publish guidance on sizing for their units as follows, however these are just a guide:-
Heat Siphon
1. Work out the surface area of your pool in square feet
2. For pools up to 350sq ft, you will need the 2.25hp model
3. for pools up to 700sq ft you will need the 3.25hp model
4. for pools up to 1000 sq ft, you will need the 5.0 model
Heat Perfector
Please see the sizing guide in the Heat Perfector product pdf here. Also see the online sizing guide Here
Competition
Please see the sizing guide on the Competition page here
Duratech
Please see the sizing table on the Duratech page here
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