Bock WH heating swimming pool?

Brian_57

I have a customer that has a indoor swimming pool that is heated by a Bock oil fired water heater model 72E.  No gas is available to his house.  The Bock is now leaking and needs to be replaced.  Have any of you come across a set up like this?  I was considering replacing the Bock with a Weil Mclain Gold plus 80 indirect fired heater.  I can run the Gold plus off his existing hot water boiler with a zone controller with hot water priority control. Any thoughts on this?  I understand that using the Bock or the Weil Mclain for pool heating and not domestic hot water would void the manufactures warranty but the guy got a good 15 years out of the Bock.  I figure the Weil Mclain would be more efficient considering its lower standing heat loss, fast recovery, and one less oil burner to service annualy.





Thanks

Brian the Plumber

Paul Pollets

Pool Heat Exchangers

If you're heating a swimming pool with a boiler, a pool/spa heat exchanger is used. you can either use a tube and shell type (Maxi-Flo) or a Flat Plate, which uses cupro nickel and can stand up to chlorine or pool chemicals. I've always used a tekmar 150 setpoint to maintain pool temps. Sizing is very important, see mfg. sheets or talk to the rep before taking the plunge.