Can you give us some more details on what parts and what is involved. Is this something "anyone" with some mechanical ability can do themselves?
I do a/c work for a living and after working on commercial Pool Pak units(commercial heat recovery units http://www.poolpak.com/ ) I thought why cant I do this with my pool, so last spring I aqquired the needed parts and built my own. It is basically a 36,000 btu htr
I ended up knocking a average of 70.00 to 100.00 a month of my gas bill plus when I cool my house I know the energy is not wasted
Can you give us some more details on what parts and what is involved. Is this something "anyone" with some mechanical ability can do themselves?
Someone a few years ago did it by replacing the air-cooled unit outside with a water-cooled one, and used his pool water for that.
A friend is looking into a heat capture and exchange system to use the A/Cs hot air to heat the water.
Just some added info.
Carl
No I would have to say you would have to have some pretty good knowledge on how the a/c system works.
I set mine up so it will switch between the air condensor and the water cooled condensor based on pool water temp.
Some of the basic parts need are a liquid ref reciver tank, water cooled condensor, solenoid valves, High and low pressure cut out switches.
I used my 12 year old 10 seer condensing unit, I also increased the eff.of the unit because on the Hot days rather than 90 to 100 d air temp going accross the air cooled condensor it is 80 to 85 pool water.
Can you post pics on this forum I would show you a pic?
Yes you can post pictures.
You can either upload the pic to a personal web page, then copy and paste it, or you can add an attachment to your post.
Carl
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