How Much Does It Cost To Put A Heater In A Pool?

It is the cheapest way to heat your in ground swimming pool, after the purchase of solar heating panels, you get free heat from the sun. Panels may be mounted on roof or rack or pavilion. Panels should be mounted at the place where you get the maximum sunlight during the day.

For in ground pools heat pumps require 220 volt electrical lines and depending on the size of the heat pump, at least a 40 ampere breaker. Heat pumps require a lot of amperes to operate but they are efficient and cheap to operate especially during summer season.

Work opposite to an air conditioning unit, to transfer heat from the air into the swimming pool water.Warm air outside, is drawn over an evaporator coil by a fan, heat is transferred to the pool water as it runs through the heat exchanger and returns back to the pool warmer.

you can maintain constant temperature whether it is 6:00 a.m. in the morning or 11:00 p.m. in the evening, you can always maintain the same temperature. If you plan swimming on a daily basis, then heat pumps are a great option. They are not so quick to heat up but are 60 to 80% cheaper to operate than a gas pool heater.

Gas Heaters are available in liquid propane and natural gas. Mostly gas heaters operate at 80% efficiency. If sized properly, they can heat the water quickly or about 1 to 3 degrees per hour. If there is an attached spa near to your pool, gas heaters can heat them in just 15 minutes.

To heat the pool with a natural gas heater, you need to run a gas line from the meter in the house to the place where the pool is located. This would cost a few hundred dollars to little more, depending on the length of the gas line.

Before adding a gas heater, contact the gas company and inform them that you want to add a pool heater to your gas service and tell them the size of the heater, in BTUs . They will inform you, if they require to upsize your gas meter to handle the additional load.

For liquid propane heaters, you need to call the local propane company, to provide you with a proper size gas tank and gas line. If you have plans to swim only on the weekends or you would like to do spot heating then a gas heater is a good option. Gas heaters give rapid heat, increasing the temperature quickly compared to solar heating panels or electric heat pumps.

Installation cost depends on variables such as location of pool equipment, size of the pool, cost per kilowatt-hour and geographical location. Here are the steps involved in installing the pool heater –

Whatever it costs you to run a pool pump, which has to be on to push water through the solar panels. The heat is of course, free from the sun.

Depends on the desired pool temperature and how long enough to run your pump and filter to maintain the desired temperature. Amount you pay per kilowatt hour electricity depends on the location.

Depends on the required temperature of pool water and starting water temperature. The time of running the pool pump and gas heater help determine the total cost.

Gas heaters consume 1 therm of gas per 1 hour , per 100,000 BTUs and LP heaters consume 1 gallon of LPG per hour, per 100,000 BTUs of heater size.

The least often repaired and very minimum-cost. If there is panel leak, then there are easy ways to repair it. Solar panels last more than 15 years, before the sun begins to break down the material and they become brittle.

Mostly the gas heaters do not require much maintenance, compared to heat pumps or solar heaters. In the latter years of gas heaters, replacement of some components is common, worst cases are damaged heat exchangers and burning trays. Their life span can be extended by using a winter heater cover.

Heat pumps are very reliable with less circuitry and sensitive components than gas heaters. Worst case on a heat pump is the heat exchanger or compressor failing. Fan bearing needs attention in older models. New units are solid state circuitry, still a good idea is to use a heat cover during winter.

Heater’s lifespan is affected by many factors. Heat pumps or heaters that are under a downspout, buried deep under overhanging vegetation get damaged from excess moisture. It is a good idea to use winter cover and also a rodent repellent.

If the pH and alkalinity and chlorine levels are maintained properly, then it helps to prevent damage to a heat exchanger. Solar heaters have no problems until the sun breaks down the polymers in the plastic, at which point leaks start developing.

The heating cost can be reduced approximately 30 to 50% by using solar blankets or solar fish. Solar fish is more convenient than a solar blanket, but is not as efficient. If you don’t use a solar blanket, all the amount spent on heating the pool will disappear overnight.