Best Value For Money Pond Heater
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- Cloverleaf Pond Heater.
Hi its Lee from the Japanese Water Gardens, In this video I am going to be showing you what I believe is the best value for money pond heater on the market today.
This is the Cloverleaf Pond Heater.
It is everything you need from and pond heater and nothing you don’t.
The unit has an extremely simple design and is amazingly compact. There is a analogue temperature dial which is connected to the built in thermostat. The dail can be set to any temperature from 0°c upto 40°c To protect the element from accidental burn out Cloverleaf have built in a flow switch to shut down the unit if water flow is interrupted. The casing is of good quality plastic and has an IP55 weatherproof rating.
You will find it very easy to install. Supplied with demountable unions and hose tails you will have everything you need to connect this heater - bar for glue or a couple jubilee clips - to either solid solvent weld pipe or flexible pipe systems. It is prewired with a 1.5m rubber cable.
There are two sizes available 1KW and 2KW. Under typical operating conditions with a suitably insulated pond I would recommend the 1KW unit for ponds upto 1500 gallons or 7000 litres. The more powerful 2KW model would be perfect for larger ponds.
Finally for the best and most surprising bit, its cheap as chips. A faction of the price you can expect to pay for other quality pond heaters.
You could do a lot worse than this excellent pond heater.
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Bye for now, from Lee at the Japanese Water Gardens.
I’m trying to keep my pond at 26 degrees Celsius as I would like to keep large amazonian fish (dream would be a redtail) if the pond is insulated heavily (foam insulation underneath and in the sides of pond) and has a lid, would the cost stupid money to heat my pond, pond is around 10 feet x 10 feet x 2 foot average depth
Where can I perches one?
Are they submersible or do they have to be out of the water? Only asking as my pump is under water and therefore has no piping coming above surface
Hi Lee. I have a gravity fed system with my pump after the filter. can this heater be fitted onto the return pipe after the pump and UV?
Yes that is perfect. All in line heaters run in that manner.
What about the 4000 lph minimum flow ?
Where do you buy this?
Hii we have 10k litres pond ideal temperature is 20 degrees which capacity we use how many we can use
What would be the minimum temperature we should have for a koi pond during the winter months currently my minimum temperature is set at 12 degrees.
Thank you
I would recommend 10c if possible. That's achieved easily if the pond has insulation and you fit a small heater such as this.
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Thank you
Can these be ran before a filter
What do they cost to run as I know that many other in,ink heaters cost a bomb to run I. Electric
do still do a water change at this time of year ?
most definitely. Water changes always a good idea.
Hi Lee you have recommended cloverleaf heaters. My koi are very cold at 5 degrees n i feel sorry for them. Does the 1 kw model once installed run off 1 plug? Can i turn it off in the summer n leave it as part of my set up? Lastly i read one review where the person said the thermostat is wildly innacurate is that true?
Yes the heater will run of one plug. You can turn the heater off or remove it completely in the summer. The thermostat does not have to be highly accurate. The difference between 15 degrees and 18 degrees is of no significance. Hope this helps.
Can I used for the pond?
Hi Lee how much would it cost to run a 1 kw heater of this model to obtain 10 degrees? Your best estimate plz. This would be in a 5500 litre pond in northern england. I've got a cover on too. I worked out that 1000 watts used every day for every hour for one week would cost approx £95. 10 degrees is quite cool though so would this be less cost? Any advice would be brill thanks
Assuming that you pay around 20p per kilowatt hour. The most it could use in one week is £33. However it would be a lot less because it would not be running all the time. It's all about insulation. The more insulation you have the less energy needs to be used maintaining the temperature.
@@leecalladine Thanks Lee
Hello! Can this heater afford to heat the 8 hectares mud crab pond? Because of the cold weather especially in the midmorning my crabs are dying. Thank you for response..
No. Heater would not work on a large pond that big.
Lee I’ve just bought a cloverleaf heater. I have an above ground small pond. Does the outlet pipe from the heater just hook into the water
The water has to be pumped through the heater.
@@leecalladine I mean after it come out the heater
Yes that's fine. It just needs to be returned by the way that suits best.
@@leecalladine many thanks Lee
Can I use this with my 3500 lph pump that goes into blue barrel diy filter just saw it needs 4000lph tho was wondering if my 3500 would work
Yes almost any pump will operate in line heaters such as these.
Do you actually have one of these heaters? If so, how long has it been running and is it installed outdoors? I had a Cloverleaf heater. 2kw titanium model. It broke after one winter. The part where the electric is, isn't waterproof. When it rained it would get wet and trip the house out. Also 1.5 metres is pitiful.
Sorry to hear you had a bad experience with one. We ran one our quarantine system without any problem. However it was covered and only used for 2 four month periods. I was impressed with the price and range of fittings supplied.
@@leecalladine The price is incredible. So much so, that I am considering getting one, despite what happened with the last one. The best thing is... It had a 2 year warranty but I bought it and left it in the box for for 18 months. So by the time I had it plumbed in, there was only 6 months left on the warranty. I must say, the man I spoke to at Cloverleaf was very pleasant. It was installed outdoors but I did ask Cloverleaf if that was acceptable use and they led me to believe it would be OK outside as long as it was fitted as per their diagrams.
To anyone reading. The heaters in the video are 2 models newer than the one I have. So in all liklihood they are probably more robust.
Can I use 1k watts in 1500 liters pond to maintain 30 degree celcius??
It depends on the ambient temperature and the amount of insulation used on the pond.
Were can I buy one from and what's the cost thanks
We sell them at the Japanese Water Gardens Stapleford Nottingham. They are very competitively priced.
I want to buy it please send me online link
I'll be honest these heaters are not very cost efficient. I ran one of these for a year on a indoor tropical pond which was insulated and had a cover so it wasn't open. for the year it cost me £1500 on its own. so yes there a good heater, but very expensive..
Ip55 is pretty poor I’d of liked to of seem a rating of ip66
It lives inside the filter house not inside the pond itself or out in the elements so being splash proof is all that's required, as stated it's "cheap as chips" so there needs to be some compromise don't you think and for around £170 it's very much cheaper than other brands
Frantic Blue why would you need it to dust proof? IP 55 is fine for outdoors
These things are so exspensive to run between £120 and £150 a month from seeing other people have them then uninstall
Yes it could cost a very large amount of money to run a pond heater. It doesn't matter what type of heater you use it can cost a lot. If the temperature is set to a high level and the pond is badly insulated then it will soon add up.
It is extremely important to set the thermostat to a reasonable level and invest in a good amount of insulation.