On Aug 16, 6:24*am, "John Grabowski" wrote:
Anyone have any pool heater info they wanna share with me?

Wifey has been lobbying for a heater and is armed with her mother's
chequebook. *In the interest of staying married I've caved in and decided
that a heater might be a good thing for our kids... *I just agreed to this
15 minutes ago, so haven't Googled anything yet.

Pool dimensions are 16 x 32 x 10 feet deep (3 feet at shallow end).

Ontario Canada. *Typically our water is heated by the sun to 23 or 24,
which I think is 76F. *In hot days it can get to 80F. *Want a heater that
will give us 29 to 30 which I think is 85F but if not, at least to
maintain 80F.

Natural gas. Chlorine, Sand filter.

One other question, are these things power vent or pvc exhaust or are they
stack exhaust? *Want to keep indoors but wonder about air breathing.

*I have a few customers with pool heaters and most of the time they don't
use them except for parties due to operating costs. *I have heard that
painting the bottom of the pool black will help boost the temperature
slightly. *One customer has an array of solar water heater panels (More like
mats) on the lawn next to the pool, but I don't know how well it works. *As
with anything that is heated, including your house, you need to minimize the
heat loss to keep the expense down. *You already have a cover to help with
this. *All of the gas heaters that I have seen are outdoors near the pool
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It's rare to see them used here in NJ too. A lot of
people have them, but very few use them due to the
cost. OP says there is no room on the roof for solar.
Another option would be to install them on an angled
wood frame. But that only works if you have good
south or west exposure, room, can hide it somewhat,
etc.

There is yet another option. It would not be my first
choice, but there is a company that sells a solar heater
that goes in the ATTIC. It's basicly a heat exchanger
with a powerful fan that the pool water gets pumped
through. With a 32F delta between the pool water
temp and the attic air it delivers 60K BTUs. So, if
the attic is 107F, and the pool is 75F, you're getting
60K BTU for free. Whether it can work depends
on how big the attic is, how hot the attic gets, where
the attic is versus the pool, size of the pool and
if it's covered.

Google solar attic pool heater if interested.