strider
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Yep, 40F is about its limit (ours is 5 years old so the newer ones may be better). But that is fine for us. We are not "hot tub on New Year's Day" people. We use the heat pump to extend our swimming season and it is perfect for that. The kids will be swimming this weekend and we usually still have the pool open on Halloween. The poolbuilder was already nervous about installing the heat pump (all of their customers choose a gas heater) so I just went w/ what they wanted to do. Plus all of the equipment is the same manufacturer so it all integrated with the automation.Jandy is an American heatpump I believe. It does not work well when temp drops below 40 F, as is the case with most heat pump. On the other hand, inverter HP that is used in cold weather countries like the Arctic model I posted above works well when it goes to -F.
We will see but I think anytime we can use HP, it is a win for the environment.
They left space on the pad to add a gas heater in series but we don't have gas service at our place so would need a propane tank and that whole thing.