HeatLock - The Hybrid Heating Solution
Posted by Brett Seegmiller on 28th Jul 2015
Many people ask us why we use the name Arctic instead of something
normally associated with hot water like many other brands do. We use
the name Arctic because we want you to know that the Arctic Spa is
specifically designed for the world's harshest climates. Since we are
built in Edmonton, Canada, engineering a hot tub for cold climates just
comes naturally to us.
One of the major design differences with
an Arctic Spa is what we call HeatLock. The HeatLock system is a
perimeter insulating system, much like your home, that insures that all
of the equipment, plumbing and parts of the hot tub are protected by
three to four inches of high density foam sprayed on the cabinet wall.
Other
brands will make you believe that in order for a water line to be
insulated, the foam has to be sprayed directly onto the pipe. This
could not be further from the truth. Look at your house for proof. The
insulation is in the exterior walls. The water lines throughout your
home are on the interior walls where there is no insulation. Why is it
done this way in your house? Because it is the right way to offer the
highest level of protection. We do the same at Arctic Spas. We create
an insulated box and then put all of the components and plumbing inside
to give the maximum protection against the cold and the elements.
Not
only does this design offer the highest level of protection for your
spa plumbing and equipment, we have taken it one step further. The
electrical equipment in your spa creates heat. Every spa has to deal
with this heat in some way. Every other spa uses vents in the cabinet
to get rid of the heat which wastes the heat to the outside. Because we
do not have any vents in our cabinet, we actually utilize the water to
act as a heat sink, drawing the heat away from the equipment which keeps
it cool but also helps heat the water. Much like a hybrid car utilizes
excess energy to save gas, the Arctic Spa is a hybrid hot tub utilizing
the excess heat to save you money every month on your electric bill.
Lastly,
Arctic Spas have one more advantage that is often overlooked. Way back
in 1989, I started out servicing all brands of hot tubs. Whenever
there was a leak in these other brands, I had to find the leak by taking
apart the cabinet and digging out the wet foam until I found the source
of the leak. With the Arctic Spa, it is a service tech’s dream come
true. Since the foam is sprayed on the cabinet instead of the plumbing,
when you open an access door, what you see is nothing more than naked
plumbing. To find and fix a leak with an Arctic Spa, all you do is open
the door and look for the leak. This saves hours of labor and lots of
your money when you are paying for the repair.
So if you are
looking for the best protection for your spa with hybrid heating, money
saving technology, look no further than the HeatLock System on the
Arctic Spa.