Hi All, I am sure you have all had this question asked a million times but I
am sorta new and don’t know the answer. I just got a 15 x 30 above ground
pool today (14,600 gallons). I am looking for the best way to heat it.
Solar, Natural gas, electric, propane. Is there any other way out there
that I am missing? What is the most cost effective way to heat it? My
daughters b-day party is next Friday and the pool is filling now so I am
looking for a FAST method…lol (is there such a thing??) OBTW: I live in
Northwest Pennsylvania and our weather has been AWFUL here. A lot of rain
and not much sun so the evenings have been pretty cool.
All help would be sooo helpful. Thanks so much in advance.
Rachel
pool heaters.
November 4th, 2004 · 1 Comment
Tags: pumps
1 response so far ↓
1 janis_40 // Nov 5, 2004 at 1:21 pm
In a message dated 6/18/2003 9:44:05 PM Central Daylight Time,
rpavlock@… writes:
Rachel, I hate to say this but you are out of luck on the fast! The
quickest method is natural gas or propane but do you have a supply of either
near the
pool? The cost is a factor you must consider as well because the heater
could set you back as much as $1,500 to $2,000. You did not state what type of
budget you had as well plus to adapt a big heater to that pool equipment will
require a bit of fabrication with the plumbing.
If you have natural gas on the property contact a plumber or heating
contractor for a bit on installing a gas line to the area of the pool. Not
installing
the heater just the gas line. Then go to your pool dealer and look at
heaters in the 200K BTU range. This size should adapt to you pump/filter with
just
some piping and you will need a concrete pad to put it on as well. Nothing
special just something from Home Depot.
If electric costs are really low you might consider a spa heater but
generally these run on 220V and are small so they might take a while to heat the
pool.
Pool heaters are sized on how many degrees per hour of temperature rise
you want in the pool. In your case we also need to look at the flow capacity of
the pump to be sure we can put enough water through the heater and also the
connections because we do not want to melt your hoses.
Ken (electricjet)
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