Coverplay Inc Rasies the Bar at the Cal Poly '08 Energy Test
Dual hinged spa covers show excessive heat loss during thermal imaging testing. This acrylic spa is representative of portable models with factory provided bi-fold covers one year old and older.
A watt/hour meter indicates this spa, a (7'x7'x35") and others like it will use 14.45 kWh of energy per day on standby mode. In California, that would amount to $1107 per year just to maintain a usable temperature. The 2008 Fall/Winter edition of Spa Search Magazine provides this standby use to be as high as $6898 over a five year period depending on region.
The organization of American Pool and Spa Professionals (APSP) sponsored an energy efficiency test for the most well known portable spa manufactures in North America at Cal Poly University in San Luis Obispo in July and August of 2008. Those published test results revealed our U.S. Patented COVER-PRO spa cover help us to beat the entire acrylic spa field in energy efficiency. Our 350 gallon spa would reduce this $1107 cost of standby temperature to less than $250 per year.
We surprised the biggest names in the spa industry with these prestigious energy efficiency results. We want spa owners everywhere to benefit from our technological improvements to save on their home energy expense and ease America's energy demand. The APSP estimates that there are approximately 440,000 portable spas in use in California. Because those spas use the standard wide hinged spa cover that accommodates a cover lift bar as pictured above, it would cost Californians as much as $40,590,000.00 per month for standby energy alone! We could have reduced energy and saved them $31,423,334.00 last month if they would have considered our COVER-PRO system instead.
Try this test to determine the effectiveness of your spa cover.
1. Heat your spa to 100 degrees and securely close the cover.
2. Note the time of day and turn off the breaker that powers the spa.
3. After 24 hours resume power and check the temperature of the spa.
Did you lose 7 degrees or more?
Contact us to help save energy, money, and our planet at the same time.
