Posts Tagged ‘Pool Heaters’

pool water chemistryThe proper water chemistry of your above ground swimming pool will ensure your health and maintain your pool equipment, especially your above ground pool heaters, pumps and filters. The parameters that you will need to monitor and adjust in this regard are: the residual chlorine, the pH, the total alkalinity, the hardness, the total dissolved solids and the cyanuric acid. Table 1 shows the accepted water chemistry values for above ground swimming pools: Read the rest of this entry »

The following table provides a quick overview for the three main types of above ground pool heaters: gas heaters, heat pumps and solar heaters. The quantifying terms (low, moderate and high) are used relative to these heaters for a quick comparison. Please review the Read the rest of this entry »

pool heat pumpHeat pump pool heaters use electricity to operate the internal pump that circulates a fluid through an expansion valve that generates heat during the compression cycle of the fluid. They also use the heat of the air to increase the efficiency of the heating unit.

Your pool water is circulated through the heater by the pool pump and gathers the generated heat Read the rest of this entry »