On Aug 16, 1:03*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:25:36 -0400, Dan Espen
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On Aug 15, 10:43*pm, Dan Espen wrote:
Duesenberg writes:
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.

For 15K gallons above ground, I use Hayward's smallest gas heater.

I'm in NJ but only get a few hours of sun on the pool.
Somewhere around 86F the pool becomes very comfortable.

Like all things pool related, heaters don't last forever and
need occasional repair. *I'm on my second one.

I don't find they extend the season at all. *Who wants to
use a pool when the air temp gets below 75F?

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Some of my best times in an outdoor pool have
been when it's below freezing outside. *Some of
the ski resorts have them and it's really nice.
Sipping a beverage of your choice, *a cigar
perhaps, snow flakes falling, steam rising,
sun setting.....

I'm betting you didn't get out of the pool and put the solar cover
back on while dripping wet.



These commercial pools don't use covers and they pass on the cost to
the customers. It is also deductible on their taxes.

They have heated pools at the country club my wife runs. A small pool
will have a 5 ton heat pump that will get them about 20 degrees (F)
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Which raises another possibility, ie a heat pump
based pool heater. I've never seen one around
here. But depending on electricity costs in
Canada, pool size, etc it might be an option.