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No need to cover it, they're built to sit out in the elements. I even run mine when it's raining.

I came across this site which sells various enclosures when I was looking for a new liner for my pool - Swimming-Pool-Enclosures Maybe the Abrimobile enclosure might work for an above ground pool. For planning permission a pool enclosure can potentially be permitted as "permitted development"...

The heatpump absolutely has to be outside the enclosure. The manual will set out the minimum free air spaces around it e.g.

The heatpump option is definitely easier. Anything up to ~12kW and you can just plug it in on a 13amp plug. I've got control of everything automated and wouldn't find time to re-fuel regularly. Would be interested to know what brand/model you end up going for.

I don't fully trust the temperature when the pump is off. There is some combination of stratification of water, and solar heating of the water near the surface that causes it to be warmer than the rest of the water. Once the pump turns on and starts circulating I often see an additional...

My heatpump has primarily been running during the day taking advantage of free electricity during Octopus Power Ups (Octopus Power-ups | Free green electricity in East England). I definitely could have achieved a faster heat up time if I left it running 24 hours a day. I've so far used 187kWh of...

If you like data and graphs I've got a lot more for my 25,000 litre in-ground pool that is enclosed in a conservatory (also in Kent). Here's the last year of temperature and heating data: Grafana . The resolution is somewhat reduced for the raintank upload but I can give you more detailed...

Hi Ross, I had a similar sized pool AGP (but round) setup in Kent, UK in 2021, I did not have any form of heating. Here's some of the numbers from back then that I'd recorded in the PoolMath app that might give you an idea of what to expect as a baseline without heating. I've added the weather...

I'm pretty sure those are parting lines where a small ridge of plastic gets into the gap between different parts of the mold during the injection molding process. For a simple shape the mold will just be two halves resulting in a single parting line, but for more complex shapes the mold will be...

I was looking into options for flow monitoring recently because I was interested in measuring the efficiency of my heatpump with Heat Pump Monitoring — OpenEnergyMonitor 0.0.1 documentation (Level 3). I've not gone ahead but the best option I've found without getting a pump providing flow...

I've read mixed things about the Dolphins once they get a bit older and wondering if it's worth taking the risk on buying a used one. I'm looking at an auction for a Dolphin E25 (maybe equivalent to the S100) that's probably 3 years old and being sold for parts as it seems to have some issues...

@jokael Could you share where you ordered the K-2009 test kit from? I'm interested to find out if I can get hold of it in the UK.

I've ended up primarily using a PoolLab 2.0 (also have the 1.0) for most of my testing using their tablets. The ranges are limited to 6ppm for FC/CC which causes problems if you have high CYA or need to SLAM. It is possible to dilute the sample but it reduces the accuracy. Someone uploaded a...

Hi @zylinderhut I've looked into importing a K-2006C test kit from the US to the UK and gave up. Several of the reagents are banned for sale to non-commercial entities in the EU which is why none of the FAS-DPD test kits are available. I spent a long time searching (see my thread here UK Pool...

Will add a bit more tomorrow then and bring FC up slightly too. I've got a big tub of CYA already and just didn't want to overdo it when I first added some.

Should also mention that my test results are looking very close to where they should be now. I continued the acid addition process and my TA is now down to ~110 from >250 (checked with titration test, and PoolLab now closely agrees - was way off when it was high). pH has been very stable for...

I'm interested in this but haven't fully got into the detail yet. I've been recording enough data to start to analyse and model it as I heat my pool for the start of the season. My key drivers for heat pump efficiency might be different to yours. I have a solar pv array on the roof and generate...

Now the weather has improved I'm finally getting the pool up to temperature ready for use. Have been doing a few of the remaining jobs in the meantime like filling in and tidying up the trenches for the pipework, and repairing some of the pool surround. It would have been expensive to get a...