thereferee2
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A crazy question, could you use a rims tube to heat pool water if plumbed in line???
Rims tube to heat pool water?
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phlipot89
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My family uses a plate to plate heat exchanger for the pool and a pipe in a pipe heat exchanger for the house. But I do not see why you couldn't use a rims tube.... It sounds logical. I think you are going to have to "jump in" and try it. It may not heat fast enough. Btw my parents heat the pool from 40 to 80 degrees in 2 days.... It's nice!!!
How big is ur pool? Im not quite sure it'd be very efficient unless its a pretty small pool.
phlipot89
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Pratzie said:
I agree
It's perfectly efficient...the question is just whether it's powerful enough.
Figure like this:
1 kwh = 3413 BTUs, which will raise a bit more than 400 gallons of water 1 degree.
If you've got a smallish 10k gallon pool and a 5000W element, you're looking at about 5 hours to raise the pool temperature 1 degree...and that's assuming that the pool isn't cooling off at all (which of course it is).
In other words, unless you've got a nuclear-grade RIMS element or a teensy pool, it's just not enough power.
Figure like this:
1 kwh = 3413 BTUs, which will raise a bit more than 400 gallons of water 1 degree.
If you've got a smallish 10k gallon pool and a 5000W element, you're looking at about 5 hours to raise the pool temperature 1 degree...and that's assuming that the pool isn't cooling off at all (which of course it is).
In other words, unless you've got a nuclear-grade RIMS element or a teensy pool, it's just not enough power.
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thereferee2
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my thought was based on a electric tankless hotwater heater. it gives you constant hot water at 120 degrees.
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