If you are thinking of heating your pool you should cover the pool when not in use as 80% of heat loss occurs through surface evaporation, a separate solar or bubble cover is a worthwhile investment if you don’t have an existing cover.

With an above ground pool it is especially important to keep it covered as these pools are not well insulated against heat loss – additional insulation around the sides and bottom of an above-ground pool can help to retain valuable heat – in fact properly insulating your pool can extend your season or even reduce the size of heat pump required.

The Professional 8, 10 and 15 models come fitted with a 2.8m mains cable and UK plug as standard, making them suitable for RCD protected outdoor sockets, this cable can be removed and the unit can be hardwired if required.

The other heat pumps in the Professional range will require electrical installation by a qualified electrician, the use of a Miniature Circuit Breaker, slow type (C or D curve) is recommended. Full installation guidelines can be found in the user manual including the required cable size.

The electrical connection marked water pump should not to be used for connecting your pump if using a sand filter as flow protection on the heat pump will switch the power off preventing backwash operation (flow is reversed during backwashing).

Water inlet and outlet connections are 1½ inch / 50mm female glue sockets across the range, the supplied unions can accept optional hose tails for connecting 32mm or 38mm flexible hose.

If the flow rate through your heat pump is too high it can take longer to heat your pool or you may struggle to achieve your desired temperature, our bypass kit for above ground pools optimises the flow rate to maximise the heat transfer to your pool water. A bypass kit also allows the circulation and filtering of pool water without heating and for winterising your heat pump.

The Remora Professional features built-in Wi-Fi connectivity as standard (requires Wi-Fi network with suitable signal strength) and can be controlled from your smart device from anywhere in the world. The Smart Life App is available for both iOS and Android smart devices.

The Smart Life App can be used to view the current pool water temperature, adjust the desired temperature, switch between modes, set the timer, turn the heat pump on and off remotely and to view the operating status, energy logs and all parameters.

Inverter heat pumps use a variable speed compressor motor, the motor speeds up and slows down as needed to achieve and maintain the required temperature, the result is that the desired temperature will be reached more quickly and maintained more efficiently than a fixed speed motor.

Fixed speed motors reach the desired temperature more slowly as the output is fixed, once the temperature is reached they maintain the temperature by switching the motor on and off. By varying the output an inverter heat pump can speed up the time taken to achieve the initial temperature and thereafter maintain a constant temperature without the need to keep stopping and starting the compressor to control output.

Our range of Remora Professional pool heat pumps have an average C.O.P. of 17.55, meaning that for each kW of energy consumed up to 17.55kW of heat is transferred to your pool (dependent on both air and water temperature). Inverter technology avoids the power wastage of fixed speed motors, making an inverter heat pump more energy efficient and quieter to run.

Your Remora Professional swimming pool heat pump should always be installed outside, restrictions on air flow around a heat pump such as dense vegetation or solid surfaces such as sheds, fences or walls will lead to a drop in efficiency and heating ability, it especially important that cooled air can be properly dispersed away from the unit.

The manufacturer literature may state that the heat pump should be positioned above the waterline, the assumption being that pools are in-ground, therefore the heat pump would sit at ground level.

If you have an above-ground pool please position your heat pump at ground level (therefore below the waterline), there is no need to elevate the heat pump.