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Swimming pool covers are gaining widespread use with pool owners because they help to reduce the cost associated with heating the pool water. Although there are a different number of ways in which pools lose energy, evaporation accounts for the highest loss rate. The Department of Energy has estimated that evaporation accounts for 70% of the energy loss from an above ground pool. Each pound of water that evaporates results an approximate loss of 1,000 BTUs that could be used to heat the pool water. This is more than 8000 BTUs per gallon of water.

There are two types of pool covers that are most commonly used today. Read the rest of this entry »

Advances in pool heating technology have made the cost of solar pool heaters competitive with the more traditional gas-fired and electric heat pump systems. Solar swimming pool heaters have very low operating cost since they do not use a purchased energy source to supply heat to the pool water, but instead gather the free radiant heat energy of the sun. The minimal cost to operate a solar heater are attributable only to the electricity used to power the circulating pump.

Solar heating systems consist of a solar collector, a filter, a pump and a flow control valve. The solar collector is actually Read the rest of this entry »

Gas pool heaters use either natural gas or liquid propane as their fuel source. They are the most popular heating systems for owners of above ground swimming pools. This is because of their relatively low capital and installation cost and their ability to raise the water temperature in a short period of time. Gas heaters can also elevate the pool water temperature more than swimming pool heat pumps and solar heaters when this is required for the elderly, children, people with special needs and others that cannot tolerate a lower temperature pool water. Read the rest of this entry »

The tables presented for pool heater sizing allow you to gain a quick idea regarding the size of the gas pool heater that you will need for your above ground swimming pool. Table 1 presents the heating requirements for raising the water temperature at a rate of 1 degree F per hour, while Table 2 provides for a rise of 2 degrees F per hour. As is evident, this simply requires a pool heater that has twice the capacity.

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The following table provides a quick overview for the three main types of above ground pool heaters: gas heaters, heat pumps and solar heaters. The quantifying terms (low, moderate and high) are used relative to these heaters for a quick comparison. Please review the Read the rest of this entry »

Above ground pool heaters are gaining popularity with consumers to extend the swimming season of their pools and to warm their pool water in the evenings. The general consensus is that the pool water should be kept at a minimum temperature of 78°. However, many children and the elderly cannot readily tolerate this but find the higher temperatures of 80° and 82° more comfortable. And then there are those that simply like the luxury of a very well heated above ground pool and maintain their water temperature anywhere from 84° to 88°. Read the rest of this entry »

Heat pump pool heaters use electricity to operate the internal pump that circulates a fluid through an expansion valve that generates heat during the compression cycle of the fluid. They also use the heat of the air to increase the efficiency of the heating unit.

Your pool water is circulated through the heater by the pool pump and gathers the generated heat Read the rest of this entry »