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To all our friends in California:
We want you to know that California is the 9th most
popular destination for our heat pumps in the United States, but it
should be on the top 3. I'm not sure the
reason why but I suspect that either they haven't been marketed properly
or the local obsession with gas and oil heaters by pool servicing companies
has stunted heat pump growth in your state. We have some campgrounds,
motels and resorts who have removed their working gas heaters and
installed heat pumps. Also many newly constructed homes are starting out
with heat pumps. Some of our customers use our heat pumps with the hot
gas defrost to heat in temperatures below 50 degrees. We ship to California every
week with incredible feedback, but pool owners are still given a hard
time about their decision to use a heat pump by their local heating
professionals. We want you to know that in over 24 years in this business
and 7 years on the Web we have not had one customer from California
who regretted his or her decision to use a heat pump to heat their pool.
In fact we find that once somebody gets one in a certain area, they
convert their friends and neighbors away from gas and oil to the most
efficient technology available to heat pools; heat pumps.
My experience in
California in Jan and Feb
I was very skeptical when I forked out $4,000.00 to
pay for the top of the line Jandy heat pump for my
pool. I decided to go a little bigger than required.
I was told by everyone and anyone in Merced CA, that
"Those heat pump things don't work around here."
Marcus repeatedly assured me that they didn't know
what they were talking about, and that it would work
fine. I was worried. The heater arrived FAST. Nice
Fedex semi pulled up front with a hydraulic lift,
wheeled it right to my garage. I contacted my local
pool company and they agreed to install it for $600
as long as I knew "It wouldn't work this time of
year." I said I knew this, but that I wanted to get a
jump on Summer. The install was a deal as far as I'm
concerned. They put in a separate sub-panel from my
breaker box, 2 different valves...etc... a bunch of
stuff for the money. I'm just glad I didn't The guy
knew exactly what he was doing even though he hadn't
installed a Jandy before. I fired it up Tuesday
morning and the pool was 46 degrees (COLD) and outside
temp was 50 degrees. 72 hours later the pool was 74
degrees. With average daily air temps of 55 degrees,
I keep the pool covered all but the hour that I swim
each day. I have found that I only have to run the
heater 5 hours (6 max ) a day to keep it between 72
and 74 as long as it is covered. Now that the pool is
above 70, the heat coming out of the jets is VERY
warm. In fact, I was surprised at the volume of
water that this heat pump can crank out each minute.I
was also surprised at the warmth at which it comes
out. I purchased the hot gas exchange option for a
little extra for those days below 45 degrees, and
although I don't even think I have had to use this
option yet, I'm planning on using it next January. In
the mean time, I am extremely pleased. I am now using
my pool all 12 months of the year. It is cool to step
out of the water at 9 at night and see the steam rise
off of your body into the 45 degree air. Again, I
thought that these heat pumps were too good sounding
to be true, but let me tell you, technology has come a
long way, and their efficiency is staggering. I feel
sorry for people with solar and gas. In may when the
air warms up a bit, I plan on bumping my pool up to 90
degrees for parties on the weekends. I don't feel
like spending that kind of money now. One very
interesting note. The technician that installed the
pump after completing the installation said "yeah, I
think these things are the way to go, I might look
into one of them for my pool." Haaa Haaa
PS, feel free to use me as a reference.
Jandy
AE3000 Heat & Cool, California, December 2004
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