When we had our pool installed 4 years ago, we also installed a heat pump. My wife uses the pool for water therapy and needs the water very warm. We use the pool about 7 months per year. The electricity costs when we run the heat pump average $100-150 per month. Tone and her crew installed a passive solar panel to heat our pool last spring and I didn't have to turn on my heat pump all year, except once to make sure it still works. With the savings on electricity compared to the previous years I estimate that the solar panel will pay for itself in 3 years.
If I had known about this when we had the pool built, we would have gone solar from the beginning and saved the cost of the heat pump. With the solar system in place and working so well, that heat pump is basically a very expensive, 200 pound paperweight now.... read more
Type: Pool Heating
Reviewed: 01/29/2014
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