Since this is a summer demand it seems like there is some potential here.
Attic heat exchanger for pool.
Solar pool heating is taken to the next level with the new fourth generation solar pool heater that eliminates roof mounted solar panels and cools your home as it heats your pool.
Whether it s 110 f or 130 f there s not much difference in the amount of heat flowing from the attic to the living space below.
Turn excess attic heat into hotwater.
Solarattic sells a system the pool convection system 2 that sucks hot air out of the attic of your house and pumps it into a heat exchanger to heat your pool.
The unit is basically a heat exchanger and a fan.
I was wondering if i could heat the water in my swimming pool using the heat in the house s attic and i started messing about with a large s heatsink s thermal battery.
There is at least one commercial pool heating solution that uses an air to water heat exchanger in the attic to provide pool heating.
I think since you will save heating your pool they justify charging such a high price for the attic heat exchanger.
Simply stated a solarattic pool heater is a heat exchanger mounted in or near your attic or garage that takes the heat from your attic or garage to heat your pool.
Oh you also have to make sure not to do something stupid like putting your air handler and ducts up in the attic.
It would make the attic much cooler than a fan and radiator and would likely be more efficient.
Solarattic solar pool heater model pcs3 provides solar pool heating without the use of solar roof panels by using the attic and roof as the solar pool heating heat collector and a heat exchanger is placed inside the attic to transfer this free solar heat energy into the swimming pool.
When you re designing and building a new home these are choices you can and should make.
At a mrsp of only 2995 this fourth generation of solar pool heaters is the most cost effective way to heat a swimming pool.
In the summertime the temperature.
This solar pool heater cools the home as it heats the pool.
The water for my hotwater heater has to pass through it and pick.
The main drawback i see with this idea is that heat may not be required when the attic is hot and visa versa.
A second heat exchanger would likely be required to keep pool water from corroding the heat pump.