This Heat Pump
Lab test page is
dedicated to everybody who once believed in the pool
heating urban myth that heat pumps don't work in dry, low humidity
conditions like the Nevada desert.
Our goal is to demonstrate what a
swimming pool heat pump can do 24/7 365 days a week on a pool in dry desert weather
conditions.
Below you can view 2 pictures of our cameras broadcasting the pool and the heat pump
control panel. We have also attached a thermostat in the water inlet and
the water outlet of the heat pump to demonstrate the changes in the
water temperature. There is another thermostat broadcasting the air
temperature at the same time.
For our test we used an inflatable
aboveground swimming pool that holds around 8,000 gallons. We selected this type
of swimming pool because aboveground swimming pools loose heat faster and we love a
challenge. For this size pool, 18 ft round, we need at least
50,000 btu's for a desert weather application.
We want to give an
special thanks to U.S. Thermo Amp for volunteering a Heat Siphon
DX3.25 for this test and to our dear Jason for
assembling the pool, installing the live webcams, supervising the
installation, attaching the thermostats and taking on this huge task of
supervising this test continuously. Jason we love you and it's ok to cover
the pool camera if you decide to test the water yourself in your Speedo.
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Swimming Pool
Heat Pump operation demo of low temperature operation. Filmed by Jason on 12/16/2007 Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Weather conditions: 35.1 F at 11:00 PM
Swimming Pool
Heat Pump operation demo of low temperature operation. Filmed by Jason on 11/10/2007 Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Weather conditions: 48.6 F , 30% Humidity at 1:30 AM
Swimming Pool
Heat Pump demo of low temperature start up. Filmed by Jason on 11/26/2007 Las
Vegas, Nevada.
Weather conditions: 37.2 F , 20% Humidity at 6:30 AM
These are our camera
views. These are just pictures, please click on the picture or link
below to view the live camera.