Pool Heater
I been looking at the heaters for the pool. Mine is in ground pool and was wondering if anyone has a pool heater and any advice for someone looking to get one.
Posted Mar 27, 2023, 10:32 PM UTC
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Yeah I already have gas for the house and I was thinking maybe that would be easy to transfer over.
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Gas is the most powerful heater, then electric. Heat pump is less powerful, but much less expensive. General guidelines.
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We love our heat pump here in Houston, but our pool is smallish and no hot tub. Probably would not work for that at all. We had gas at our last home, and paid 5 times as much to heat with gas.
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Not sure where you live. Have you considered SOLAR ? Beats paying huge Gas bills. Love mine. Of course useless in winter. But running Gas in Winter would cost a fortune.
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Solar heating? I live in Florida but even on hot days the water is always cooler
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You should seriously consider Solar .. in Fla. Imho
I'm not talking Electric solar. But water solar. It pays back quickly vs Gas.
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Oh so solar panels that power the heating element for the pool?
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Pool Solar moves water thru panels that get heated via the sun. Nothing to do with electricity. Google POOL SOLAR.
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Also look at heat pumps vs gas heater. Living in FL this may be a better alternative.
Florida should be great with a heat pump. Relative high temps and humidity would make them very efficient. Combined with PV solar and you have a great combination.
Tampa here - Our friends have a heat pump and during the winter it does not work as well as one may think. They actually are very disappointed in the performance.
Edit: heat pump for the pool*
Heat pumps generally don't work well once temperatures drop. (Newer heat pumps for heating homes in winter actually do well, bc, well, they have to, naturally.) That said, in the dead of summer, heat pumps work fantastic and save you a ton of dough, as mentioned elsewhere.
Yes, I'm aware of the efficiency drop off with heat pumps. Didn't realize Tampa got that cold. I'm in San Diego and even with winter temperatures in the 50s I'm able to heat my spa to 103 in about 2 to 3 hours. Longer than gas for sure but far cheaper. We don't swim in the winter so I have not tried to heat the entire pool but would definitely use a cover if I did.