Heat pump question

[JP_]

I bought a heat pump for my pool last year. Bit late to ask now, and sure the answer is NO, but is there any way to economically use such a heat pump for heating a house, without actually doing much.

As I said, probably a daft question!

 

[conny]

The answer will undoubtedly be a NO but, out of curiosity, what size heat pump and how is it powered? i.e. electric, air reclamation underground heat recovery etc.

(200 years ago if I had asked you, (assuming we had been around then), "do you think man will ever be able to fly?" You may have laughed and told me not to be stupid.
Ergo. There is no such thing as a stupid question. Just a question you, and probably many others, don't know the answer to.)

 

[transam]

So why are you not using it for your pool ??

 

[The Samaritan]

The plastic panel on the side cracked open.

 

[JP_]

So why are you not using it for your pool ??

I will in the summer!

The answer will undoubtedly be a NO but, out of curiosity, what size heat pump and how is it powered? i.e. electric, air reclamation underground heat recovery etc.

It's a 4kw Reversible Extended Season Heat Pump. Plugs into mains.

I know it requires both airflow and waterflow to work. So doubt there is any practical use for it other than heating a pool in summer.

 

[conny]

I'd say it was too much hassle to set something up, (if it is possible), if you are then going to remove it and use it for the pool in a short time.

 

[JP_]

Yeah, guessed as much. Was thinking just a winter aid to boost heat in the home somehow, rather than it sitting in a shed for 9 months of the year!

 

[motorbiking]

You could divert the flow and return to heat a tank of warmer water as a pre-heater for hot water, but it would probably cost more than you'd ever save.

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

I'd give it a spin every once in a while through the winter, just to keep everything moving and lubricated inside. Inaction is very bad for all heat pumps.

Home heating heat pumps remain in use through the summer due to the hot water.