Hi, @GrandLSU
We are planning on building a pool in Baton Rouge and I am very curious as to whether the Glacier chiller unit worked for you. Swamp coolers are not designed to work well in high humidity climates but, oddly, it appears that many customers (principally in Houston) claim that they are seeing 5-10 degrees of cooling even if the humidity is high (RH>70%).
Note - we are considering purchasing the Glacier GPC-210 (30K gallon cooler) for a 20K gallon pool. Our other option is to use a heat pump to chill the water which we know will work but may be much more costly to run. We are even considering purchasing both units and having them work together (in this scenario we would use the heat pump during very humid conditions). According to basic math, it will cost us about $10 to use a 20 SEER heat pump to decrease the water temperature of the 20K gallon pool by 10 degrees F (20,000 GAL x 8.33 LB/GAL x 1 BTU/LB x 10 x 1 KWH/20,000 BTU x $.12/KWH). Over the course of a long, hot summer that could get super expensive.
Your input would be greatly appreciated. TY!
We are planning on building a pool in Baton Rouge and I am very curious as to whether the Glacier chiller unit worked for you. Swamp coolers are not designed to work well in high humidity climates but, oddly, it appears that many customers (principally in Houston) claim that they are seeing 5-10 degrees of cooling even if the humidity is high (RH>70%).
Note - we are considering purchasing the Glacier GPC-210 (30K gallon cooler) for a 20K gallon pool. Our other option is to use a heat pump to chill the water which we know will work but may be much more costly to run. We are even considering purchasing both units and having them work together (in this scenario we would use the heat pump during very humid conditions). According to basic math, it will cost us about $10 to use a 20 SEER heat pump to decrease the water temperature of the 20K gallon pool by 10 degrees F (20,000 GAL x 8.33 LB/GAL x 1 BTU/LB x 10 x 1 KWH/20,000 BTU x $.12/KWH). Over the course of a long, hot summer that could get super expensive.
Your input would be greatly appreciated. TY!
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