LouiseSJPP
New Member
I thought I could find my way around a solar system design, but I'm utterly baffled now as to how it would work.
I am planning a wood-fired spa pool. I want to provide power for the 80 watt filter circulation pump for several hours a day. I need power on hand to run the 1kW jet pump motor as needed, while the spa is being used. I foresee using any 'spare' power to background heat the spa water, with a 1 to 1.5kW heater, so that heat-up time with the stove is reduced, and hopefully, at the height of summer, the water temperature might be maintained with electricity alone.
If the system could be arranged to provide some kind of back-up power to the house for essentials only in a mains power cut, this would be great.
This all seems very simple as a system, but the moment I start looking into it, I see that I have no idea how to make it all perform the way I want, and as I don't know how to arrange it all, I cannot begin to specify the components.
Can anyone advise on baby steps, please?
I am planning a wood-fired spa pool. I want to provide power for the 80 watt filter circulation pump for several hours a day. I need power on hand to run the 1kW jet pump motor as needed, while the spa is being used. I foresee using any 'spare' power to background heat the spa water, with a 1 to 1.5kW heater, so that heat-up time with the stove is reduced, and hopefully, at the height of summer, the water temperature might be maintained with electricity alone.
If the system could be arranged to provide some kind of back-up power to the house for essentials only in a mains power cut, this would be great.
This all seems very simple as a system, but the moment I start looking into it, I see that I have no idea how to make it all perform the way I want, and as I don't know how to arrange it all, I cannot begin to specify the components.
Can anyone advise on baby steps, please?