Anyone have any experience heating a small 4800 gal. pool (in South Florida) with this unit. Also, does anyone know if this unit works in saline?
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My pool is saline and I use it to heat up my jacuzzi which makes the water pour into my pool. It works really well.
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The maximum pool size is 35,000 gallons my pool is 17,500 gallons and I ran the unit for 10 hours a day at 100% and never had any issues except for low salt alarm which the salt has to be at 4000 ppm. It was well worth the money you do still have to add shock from time to time but a 24 pound box lasted me from March to September. My electric bill didn't change but I hooked the unit up so when the pump came on the flow sensor would start the apure35. It should run with a low flow pump it doesn't take much pressure to activate the switch.
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Works great for me, at first when I had it installed it didn't work but had nothing to do with the product but an issue with the gas meter and regulator which was promptly replaced by the local gas company, ( ATMOS) at no charge, I have a pretty large pool and spa and well takes the spa 10 minutes and 36 seconds to heat the water from 66 degrees to 104, I am sure where you live it will do just fine
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The heater is an exceptional unit and works flawless for me. I'm sorry this will be vague but the question is a bit vague. As far as an above ground pool it is a numbers game. It depends on the size of the pool. The ambient temperature you are starting with and the number you want to end with not to mention the pump and piping. I use it to heat my oversized Spa which is 9' X 7' by 5' deep. It will heat it from an ambient water temperature of 80 to 105 in 3-4 hours. There is a formulator on their website that allows you to calculate the right unit for your needs. But in all the unit will heat anything from in-ground, above ground, to household water heating it will do the job. The heater is an exceptional unit and works flawless for me. I'm sorry this will be vague but the question is a bit vague. As far as an above ground pool it is a numbers game. It depends on the size of the pool. The ambient temperature you are starting with and the number you want to end with not to mention the pump and piping. I use it to heat my oversized Spa which is 9' X 7' by 5' deep. It will heat it from an ambient water temperature of 80 to 105 in 3-4 hours. There is a formulator on their website that allows you to calculate the right unit for your needs. But in all the unit will... » Read More The heater is an exceptional unit and works flawless for me. I'm sorry this will be vague but the question is a bit vague. As far as an above ground pool it is a numbers game. It depends on the size of the pool. The ambient temperature you are starting with and the number you want to end with not to mention the pump and piping. I use it to heat my oversized Spa which is 9' X 7' by 5' deep. It will heat it from an ambient water temperature of 80 to 105 in 3-4 hours. There is a formulator on their website that allows you to calculate the right unit for your needs. But in all the unit will heat anything from in-ground, above ground, to household water heating it will do the job. « Show Less
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I have a 5k gal pool and I run it 5 hrs daily, during the hottest part of the day, and have no problems. My sister has a much larger pool and she has to run hers 6 hrs daily. We also live in NE Florida where there is a lot of sun - so you have to keep that in mind too.
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Ragz, Let me start with the fact I have a 25000 gallon pool also and I use a Polaris 360 sweep on pressure side with out booster pump. I have set the Max speed to 2200 rpm. At 0730 in the morning the pump comes on at 1750 rpm and a auto valve opens to operate the sweep. It runs at this rate for 2 hours. At that time ,0930, the auto valve closes and the pump is then programed to run at 1250 rpm till 6:00 that evening, and then shuts off for the night. The only other change is for my solar heating which is handled by a auto solar control panel .if the pool water temp is lower then then solar heat set the pump will kick back up to 1600 rpm to circulate water through the solar panels. If the outside temp is hotter then the water temp it will extend the pump run time till air temp falls below pool temp. If you don't have the solar option by earlier suggestion works great for me. As a disclosure Im in northern California with out extreme low temps and hot summers
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what size is your tank? I have a 300 watt in my 90 gallon saltwater . Temperature set at 78 and it stays at 78. I ran it at 82 degrees when it was cycling
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Hope this helps, we use this on a 4000 gal pool and I get 1 degree and hour, so I would say 5-6 degrees an hour roughly
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We have inground pool it works great we live in south Florida and I like warm water...I turn it on few hrs befor and done. I think the company has models for above ground too
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This is a chlorinator, it converts sodium chloride (salt) into chlorine. My 4500 gallon pool requires 120 lbs of salt at the beginning of the season and that's it!! The newer models tell you if its low or too much. I will never go back to chlorine, testing, shocking.......etcetera!!! I'll go without a pool first.
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I used 150lbs of sand to reach the middle of the low/high markings on the inner tube (not 100lbs like the directions state). I have a 12x20 Intex Oval pool and used 120 lbs of salt. Pool has been up for 3 weeks and I have not had to add anymore salt yet, but the instructions recommend an additional 30lbs when the system reads low salt. Hope this helps.
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I sent it back, it didn't work well at all! I tried for several days to adjust the high and low temperature settings, but when then heater was on it wouldn't shutoff and it would overshoot and when it was off, it wouldn't turn back on. I had it in a 10 gallon tank. UL....??
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I have a 32 x 15 IG pool. Two 3" in the float, and 1 in the Skimmer. I never have Algae or low chlorine issues. run2-3 ppm of FC. (I also run an Ozone generator) I just add a tab as the existing tabs get to less than half their original size.
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I've also purchased this pump for our inflatable pool (without ports). Two questions - (1) Did you still connect the Pool inlet nozzle and the strainer grid to the ends of the hoses, and if so what did you use to pad the hoses with to make it a tight connection? The hoses are meant to fit onto the ports and not directly to these pieces so there is a size difference. And (2) - did you use something to weight the ends down that go into the pool? Or does the weight of the water inside them hold them under the surface. Thanks in advance! We're hoping that this will work to clean the water so that we don't have to empty and refill the pool every week during the summer. We are also using the chlorine granules (1/2 oz) to chlorinate the water.
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I have an above grond 12x18x4 saltwater oval under 3 large mature pecan trees. We have experienced similar problem at first. Then realized that the Leader hose was getting forced to one side from both, the side mount drain adapter and the outlet flow of the pump. I had to omit the side drain and connect direct to the pump. It really does get about 85-90% of the pool clean. The rest we clean by controlling it manually. Yes we have to stand there for a short period of time and simply twist a hose segment while holding the adjacent segment. It is a great deal better than cleaning the entire pool.
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yikes! .8 gallon seems really small! if you try it, start with the heat at it's lowest setting and be careful! M.
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Honestly, don't be fooled by the hype. It needs constant sunlight and water flow. The unit leaks and will actually siphon the water out of your pool if you don't keep an eye on it. I really didn't see a significant rise in temperature from my unit. Your best bet is to buy a solar blanket. It's a giant bubble wrap blanket and it really works!! It raises the water temperature a good ten degrees. Now this is for the top foot of the water column. However, if you mix the cold water with the very hot water on the top, you get a nice warm temp. I've had the top layer using the blanket get to 100 degrees. When I mixed the pool water, the temp got to a comfortable 88 degrees and as high as 90. So, I would not recommend the Solar Arc unit. Get a much cheaper solar blanket.