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The $20K Mistake Most Recovery Rooms Make When Sizing Chillers
Most people size their chiller for the pools they’re running right now. That’s a recipe for a very expensive mistake. I had a call from a recovery room owner in Adelaide last month. He had two 1,500L pools and...
Why We Designed the Split-System Chiller
Chillers are the last thing you want inside your recovery room. They have big fans that blow out a lot of heat. And when I say big fans, I mean ones that move 5,000 to 10,000 cubic metres of air...
The Two Critical Factors in Chiller Placement
Where to place your chiller is almost as important as choosing the right one in the first place. The reason is - you could end up putting it somewhere that results in it not working, or somewhere that could get...
Why Your Chiller Shouldn’t Share a Room with Your Ice Bath
A chiller’s job is straightforward: it keeps your ice bath cold by pulling heat out of the water and pushing it into the air through its fans. If the chiller is outside, that heat just dissipates into the open air—no...
Save Money and Maintenance: The Case for Single Chiller Systems
I had a call from a recovery room owner last week. They were rebuilding their recovery room and were unsure of whether they should connect all three tubs to one chiller, or have a separate chiller for each tub. In...
Advertised vs. Actual: The Massive Pool Chiller Performance Gap
Understanding Chiller Power For context, chiller power is measured in kilowatts (kW) - a measurement of heat removal capacity. The kW rating tells you how many kilowatts of heat a unit can remove at one time. Example: Our biggest chiller is...
Why Recovery Rooms Get Chiller Sizing Wrong
Every time an 80kg athlete steps into your 5°C ice bath for 3 minutes, they add heat—a precise, measurable amount, not just a small bump. Most recovery rooms don’t account for this, which is why their ice baths start out...
Chiller Heat Extraction: The Recovery Room Challenge
Every kilowatt your chiller uses to cool your pool generates another kilowatt of heat that has to go somewhere. Most recovery room owners zero in on cooling power when picking a chiller. It’s understandable—cold pools are your bread and butter....
Why Turning Off Your Ice Bath Chiller Costs You More
Every ice bath is in a constant heat exchange with its environment. Think of it like a commercial fridge with the door open—the water is always exposed to the ambient temperature around it. Left alone, that water will naturally try to...