Electric pool heaters are a popular choice if you lack a natural gas line or want to skip the hassle of keeping propane on hand for your pool heater.
30000 gallon pool heater.
Propane uses about 1 gallon every.
That means an average pool heater between 300 000 and 400 000 btu s will cost anywhere from 3 30 to 4 40 per hour to heat your pool.
Gas pool heaters for swimming pools can sell for anywhere in the range of 1000 to 3000 for heaters with energy output of 100k 500k btu.
Some manufacturers will quote a btu per hour rating but there are too many variables to find an accurate result.
Propane heaters are very similar to gas in the way they function.
They can raise water temperature in the pool by 2 5 degrees per hour depending on the size of the heater and whether or not the pool is covered.
These models generally cost about 1 000 more than the plain heating models.
Most of the time we like to use heat pumps over 110 000 btu s or gas.
Also called tankless pool heaters the other advantage of these units is their space saving design making them good for large or small pools.
The smart pool series by ecosmart offers fast and efficient heating of pools up to 15 000 gallons.
20 000 gallons will need a 100 000 btu heater.
A heat pump with capacity of 130 000 btu hour will take about 48 hours to heat the 30 000 gallon 20 x 40 pool in the examples above and would need a cover to be able to maintain the temperature.
Solar pool heaters are a different kettle of fish.
It depends on where the pool is located if a blanket on the water is used at night the months that the pool is open etc.
They heat your pool very quickly as does natural gas but with the use of propane.
To find out how many btus you need per hour to raise the temperature of your pool by one degree in a day you will need to divide the total pounds of water by 24hours.
Gas pool heaters are the fastest way to heat a pool or spa.
So if you want to heat up 30 000 gallons of water that s a 20 x 40 pool you will have to calculate how many pounds of water there are.
These units have the highest btu output of all heater types for pools ranging from 100 000 btu up to 500 000 btu in some areas 400 000 btu in most areas in canada and the usa.
30 000 x 8 33 249 900 pounds.
Therefore if you ve got 15 000 gallons of water you ll require a 75 000 heat pump.