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Heat-Cool Models

Rheem Heat-Cool units extend your swim season even longer!  Just the right heat pump for climates
that have cooler-than-comfortable temperatures, also have extremely hot summer months.  With a
Rheem Heat-Cool heat pump, your water temperature will always be comfortable.  Just as house-
holds around the world have trusted us to heat their water during the colder months, Rheem will
have you relaxing in your pool during the hot days of summer with cool, refreshing, chilled pool
water.  Having the ability to pull out the extra degrees Mother Nature puts in will make your pool the
envy of the neighborhood.  No matter what time of year, a Rheem Heat-Cool will have you swimming
when others won’t venture outside.

How Does it Work?

Rheem Heat-Cool units have a unique reversing valve which enables the heat pump

not only to take the chill out of the water, but also to put it back in. Cooling your pool water during the

hot summer months! Normally, a heat pump will gather heat energy from the air with its evaporator

coil. Using refrigerant and several other components, the heat is transferred over to your pool

water. By reversing this process, the heat pump can actually take heat out of the water, transfer

it to the Freon, and run it through the evaporator coil. The coil dissipates the heat into the air,
much like a car’s radiator. This is also the method of defrost for the heat-cool model. In cold am-

bient conditions, a heat pump will ice-up when the ambient air drops below 45 degrees. With a

heat-cool unit, the ice will melt off in a matter of minutes when in defrost mode. Standard heat

pumps rely on the ambient air being drawn across the coil, which could take hours to defrost, de-

pending on the air temperature.

Models: M6350ti-HC, M8350ti-HC

Power Defrost Models

There are some climates that can challenge a heat pump’s performance.  Areas that are
subject to lower ambient temperatures have a tendency to cause ice to build up on a
heat pump's condensing coil.  This ice could damage a heat pump's internal compo-
nents while starving the unit of the air flow it needs to work properly.  To combat this,
most manufacturers build their heat pumps with a "Defrost Mode."  What most manu-
facturers don't tell you is that their units cannot heat your pool water while defrosting
the coil!

With a Rheem Power Defrost heat pump, you can have your cake and eat it, too!  How is
this possible? ...simple!  The more time your heat pump can spend heating the water, the
quicker you will achieve your desired swim temperature.  While heating your pool, if the Rheem
Power Defrost Heat Pump senses damaging ice buildup, the Power Defrost feature redirects a small
amount of the hot refrigerant gas back through the Condensing Coil.  This removes any ice that may be forming on the coil without
stopping the heating process!  This means that a Rheem Power Defrost heat pump gives you the freedom to continue to heat your
pool water even when the unit is defrosting itself.  So while your neighbor's "other brand" of heat pump has stopped heating the water
and is still trying to “break the ice,” you and your family will be swimming!

Model: M6350ti-PD

Heat-Cool and Power Defrost

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