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NEWS IN BRIEF
CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT
US spa maker shuts
down
A major United States spa
TARGETS “HIDDEN”
manufacturer has shut down its
operations leaving behind several
popular brands. Manufacturing POWER CONSUMPTION
and Gulf Coast Spa
Manufacturers, closed its doors in Heatstar has launched an consumption of 60%, which
March. Based out of Clearwater, entirely new climate control unit relates to a significant saving in
Fla., Living Water made products to the market. the region of £500 each and
under a variety of brands, It follows on from the every year.
including Gulf Coast Spas, La-Z- specialist company’s success of The special fan features the
Boy Spas and Coleman Spas. the Gemini combined latest Electronically Commutated
heatpump-dehumidifier. (EC) technology based around a
The Andromeda EC30 utilises DC motor coupled to an
Solar boom the low energy fan technology integrated frequency inverter.
The boom in solar energy to which previously, was only The super high efficiency motor
heat swimming pools goes on. A available to the pool industry combined with a ‘backward’
focus on solar energy for pools within Heatstar’s Gemini curved fan impeller enables the
helped SureTemp Manufacturing concept, and is designed same quantity of air flow to be
nearly double its revenue in specifically for domestic pools produced, but at much reduced
2008. The Florida company, with surface pool covers. motor power consumption.
Heatstar’s new Gemini
which makes solar and high- Paul Scott, Technical Director But that is only one element of
combined heatpump-humidifier
efficiency heat pumps for pools at Heatstar, said: “There is a lot how the new Andromeda works.
and spas, reported revenue of of focus on the power consumed Further more, this special type of
$28m in 2008. by pool filtration pumps, but few fan will automatically operate in another feature, all production
people appreciate that the fan in a slow speed ‘eco-mode’, during units will include a permanently
the dehumidification unit periods when there is no illuminated Perspex window, so
Check on soil – builders probably uses a similar sized requirement for either air that the special EC fan, and it’s
warned motor and would typically be heating or dehumidification. The controlled speed of rotation,
Pool builders should carefully running 24 hours a day, seven fan speed in both ‘eco-mode’ can be observed at will within
evaluate soil before they start to days a week, with little real and normal mode is completely the plant room.
excavate for a pool, experts say. purpose. With a typical domestic adjustable and can be precisely The Andromeda AC30 units
Excessive moisture in soil can pool with a cover, which may set-up for the characteristics of are constructed from quality
result in structural damage to an only be in use for less than one each individual application. A anodised aluminium frame
in-ground pool. The comments hour per day on average, it is significant reduction in chassis and all units are tailored
come from a survey in the United easy to appreciate that this operational air noise is a further to the requirements of the
States looking at the long term power consumption is simply advantage of Heatstar’s new fan application and plant room. All
problems in pool construction. unnecessary and wasteful. The technology. Heatstar units come with a
new Andromeda EC30 targets Dehumidification efficiency is supported warranty and
this obvious and unnecessary also improved as the new maintenance package.
Suffolk’s Great Swim use of energy.” Andromeda utilises a special
The first Great East Swim is to be The practical benefit to the orbital scroll high efficiency
HEATSTAR
launched in the heart of Suffolk’s end user is a claimed typical compressor motor. The
pc
www.heatstar.com
countryside at Alton Water on reduction in overall fan electrical Andromeda EC30 will offer
Saturday 26 September.
Thousands of swimmers from all
over the UK are expected to take
the plunge for the one mile open
water event, which is supported
TURN LIDOS INTO AQUARIUMS PLEA
by the ASA, at Anglian Water’s A landscape artist wants little species are being wiped out. Plymouth City Council owns
popular water theme park. used outdoor swimming pools “Lidos are perfect ready made the city’s Tinside Lido. A
to be turned into giant places to create centres to council spokeswoman said the
aquariums to help protect native regulate invasive species spread lido, a grade II-listed building,
£9.2m new centre British sea life. by showing the public the underwent a £3.5m
A controversial rebuilding of Alex Murdin said there was a problem, encouraging them to refurbishment in 2003 and was
Victoria Leisure Centre in threat from invasive foreign report bio-security incidents.” used by swimmers during the
Nottingham has been has been species and claimed there were Mr Murdin wants invasive summer months.
agreed by Nottingham City seven lidos in Devon which are species to be show-cased A spokesman for DEFRA
Council. The authority’s executive unused for most of the year and alongside native ones to educate said non-invasive plants and
board voted to build a £9.2m would be suitable. the public about the threat. animals cost the UK economy
leisure centre at the site, but keep Mr Murdin, who wrote his “These facilities could be self £2bn a year.
an existing clock tower. A key proposal in consultation with the funding as visitor attractions if He said: “We’re looking to
feature of the new centre will be a National Marine Aquarium and they allowed people to come control the spread of non-
six lane pool with diving areas, spa is based at University College there to fish, dive or swim next native species and launched
and steam room. It is expected Falmouth, said: “We urgently to the wildlife,” he added. a strategy in 2008, but we
that the new centre will be open need to raise awareness of bio- However, the owners of some are not looking to turn lidos
in 2012. security in this country as native pools still need some convincing. into reserves.”
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