Making your Pool Comfortable
These days, homeowners with swimming pools find that there are now several devices and several types of heating one’s swimming pool. One of the more reliable types of device is a heat pump. Heat pumps are actually devices that use some energy to move heat from one location to another. The heat pumps used for heating pools transfer heat from the outdoors in the water. Because they use heat that is already available and the task is to simply move it from one to another means they use less electricity. How pumps work When the water circulates through the pool pump, it passes through a filter and the heat pump heater. This device has a fan that draws in the outside air and directs it over the evaporator coil. In the evaporator coil is a liquid refrigerant that absorbs the heat from the outside air and becomes a gas. The warm gas in the coil then passes through the compressor. The compressor increases the heat, creating a very hot gas that p...