How to make a heated pool

The personal pool has long become an attribute of many country houses. There is nothing complicated in the construction, the technology has long been worked out, and its presence gives a lot of pleasure, both adults and children. 

But, having built a pool on the street, you are dependent on the vagaries of the weather. If the summer is not very warm, then you are unlikely to be able to swim in it every day, and even more so, do not allow children to splash in cold water. An excellent output is heating. Figure out how to make a heated pool is the purpose of this article.

How the water is heated in the pool

Whatever type of pool you organized: whether you bought ready or built from scratch, you can’t do without heating. The water heating system should be determined already at the stage of designing the pool. There are many ways. Water is heated by using:

• heat exchanger;
• electric heaters;
• heat pumps;
• solar panels;
• fuel heaters.

The use of heat -excess equipment

This equipment works as follows:

• we carry out the connection to the heating system of the house, unless for the pool you have not provided for a separate system;
• we set the temperature. When the water reaches this indicator, the heat exchanger will simply support it constantly.

This is how the typical connection diagram of the heat exchanger is a double -circuit:

This option is the most popular and has many advantages:

• it is used both for internal pools and for those built in the yard;
• the ability to connect equipment to heating the house;
• relatively economical;
• a large assortment of heat exchangers on sale.

Important: Before making the purchase of a heat exchanger, calculate its required power, given the volumetric indicators of your pool and where it is located: in the house or in the yard. For a pool located outside, its volume and power of the heat exchanger coincide, and for the internal basin, power is equal to three quarters of its volume into a cube. m. The heat exchanger for pools is produced by many manufacturers. Some models, the most popular, consider:

  Pahlen Hi-Flo (HF) 40 horizontal

This heat exchanger is released in Sweden. Manufacturer Pahlen. The characteristics are as follows:

• consumes 40 kW;
• installed horizontally;
• dimensions: 13.9x12.9x45.5x8.5 cm;
• 2 contour;
• the connection should be carried out by a specialist.

The work takes place according to the following rules:

• the pump pumps water into the heat exchanger case, which circulation in one direction;
• heating water to the temperature that you set occurs during its contact with the spiral;
• the electromagnetic valve blocks the circulation of water, avoiding its overheating.

Note: The manufacturer Pahlen produces heat exchangers and other capacities, both in horizontal and vertical design: the range is from 13 to 308 kW.

Heat exchanger BehnCke QWT 100-20

• produced in Germany;
• consumes 20 kW at 90 and 15 kW at 60 degrees C;
• 2 contour;
• connected to the heating system;
• stainless steel case;
• heating the water in the pool from the central heating network, due to the presence of 2 combined couplings.

  Electric heaters for heating pools

It is advisable to heat the pool of a small volume with an electric heater. Using it for large pools will entail the payment of huge electricity bills. Here is the scheme of its insertion into the system:

Electric heaters release:

• stainless;
• from plastic.

Tenas in electric heaters are made from durable materials:

• titanium;
• stainless steel.

The electric heater differs from the heat exchanger with the following characteristics:

• a prerequisite for connecting an electric heater is the presence of a duct sensor. If there is no water in the system, the sensor will work and turn off the electric heater. For normal operation, it must be cut in a straight area, and locking taps should not be cut off in any way;
• the presence of an external thermoregulator is not necessary, because In electric heaters there is internal;
• in order to prevent the electric heater when the water heater is stopped into the pipeline, it is necessary to maintain a minimum of 50 cm in the water column.

  BehnCke EWT 80-70/3kW-electric heater from Germany

In addition to heat exchangers from Germany, electric heaters are also supplied for heating water in the pool. He showed himself well in the work of BehnCke EWT 80-70/3kW.

Characteristics:

• consumes a power of 3 kW;
• the required voltage is 400 V;
• body material - stainless steel;
• Tenas are made of a very high -quality alloy - Incoloy 825.

Elecro Flow Line Titan Plus electric heater, from 3 to 18 kW

From the UK, high -quality Elecro Flow Line Titan Plus electric heaters come to us. Peculiarities:

• it is equipped with a very reliable flow sensor that provides a low consumption - 1 thousand liters per hour;
• there is a rotary bracket with which it can be installed, both horizontally and vertically;
• adjustment range from 0 to 40 degrees S.

Water electric heater in the pool, you can make it yourself, using the experience transferred in this video:

Thermal pumps

Water heating for the pool is also carried out using heat pumps. They have their advantages:

• to work, thermal pumps use environmental energy. The principle is the same as from the refrigerator, only he takes the cold from the surrounding air and generates it, and the heat pump - heat;
• relatively small power;
• minimum electricity consumption;
• work from home sockets;
• easily installed and take up little space.

Thermal pump Fairland

The French company Procopi is engaged in the production of heat pumps for horizontal and vertical pools.

Features of Fairland pumps:

• thanks to a quiet rotational compressor, they work with minimal vibration;
• there is a digital controller that allows you to conveniently adjust the temperature;
• at low temperatures, protection is turned on, the system is automatically defrosted;
• in the manufacture of the pump, frost -resistant materials were used;
• recommended for pools with a volume of 20 to 100 cubic m.

Heated the street pool using Pioneer series pumps

Pioneer heating pumps that are used to heat the street pool are produced in China. At the same time:

• the manufacturer uses the HP-Booster innovative technology, which makes the pumps very manufacturing. It is enough to say that with a consumption of 1 kW of electricity, it turns out 7 kW of thermal energy;
• the used materials are durable, do not corrode;
• the electric part is at the top, which greatly facilitates the maintenance;
• there is a function of automatic defrosting;
• the working temperature range is 0 ° - 43 ° C.

  Solar panels

If in your area the sun shines most of the time, then you can heat water in the pool using solar panels or collectors.

Features of the heating system from solar panels:

• high environmental friendliness;
• with self -installation, a minimum of cash costs;
• additional temperature sensors are not required;
• water heats up during passage through a collector, which is large flat elements. These elements are made of polypropylene thin tubes of black color.

When installing, the following rules are required:

• the filtration system is a place where the solar heater is placed. The water constantly circulates and gradually heats;
• the battery itself is located on the shore of the pool or on the roof. Rotate the receivers of solar energy to the south or southwest;
• the water temperature is adjusted manually or automatically;
• the larger the pool, the more powerful the batteries.

If the pool is small, the Solar Pool Heater heater is quite suitable, you can even put them a little.

Solar Pool Heater

This heater is small. Its dimensions are 580x580x254 mm. This video shows how he is assembled and installed:

    Characteristics:

• can work with almost any pump;
• increases water temperature by 10-12 degrees C;
• it is made in China.

Fuel heaters for heating the pool

The economical option is the heating of the pool using fuel heaters. But only for the pool, it is not profitable to arrange such a system, it can be heated by other objects. Systems with fuel heaters work on:

• oil;
• gas;
• solid fuel.

Just take and install the fuel heater will not work, you will have to run in advance and:

• get a special permit;
• draw up documents;
• register;
• take fire measures;
• perform a chimney;
• install automation.

Having passed all the permits, it is better to invite a specialist to install the fuel heater-it will be safer.   The fuel direct -precise heater is arranged quite simple:

• it has a coil. It is in it that water heats up during fuel burning;
• the heater is equipped with a circulation pump, a filtering system and automation;
• water heating is controlled by sensors.

You can organize the heating of the pool with your own hands, collecting a simple heater, where firewood will be fuel.

• we perform a container from thick metal, which will serve as a firebox;
• in the furnace we place the coil;
• in the middle we place firewood and set fire to. Everything is like in the photo above.

As you can see, there are many options for heating the street pool, the main thing is to make a good choice and life will sparkle with new colors, as in this video: