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On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:34:44 -0500, Wayne.B
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On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 23:20:01 -0500, wrote:

I have a gas pool heater, I know how much gas it takes to heat water.
I don't use the heater..

Have you analyzed the cost of a gas pool heater vs high efficiency
reverse cycle electric? It's kind of a moot question for me since we
don't have gas here (only propane) but just curious.

This is actually propane too. 330,000 BTU Starite.
I never really looked into it. I got the heater for free.
My wife has 7 heated pools at the country club and they are using heat
pumps. They have huge bills.


Reply:
I run a solar heater on my pool and have a floating blanket to keep it warm.
Blanket not really needed in the mid summer most of the time. Used to have
a gas heater. Natural gas and the little needle on the meter looked like
the front end of Cessna when I heated my pool via the gas heater. Only did
it twice for parties. Neighbor heated his pool one may to get an extra
couple weeks on the start of the season. $450 gas bill and that was 25
years ago.