I have a one piece fiberglas swimming pool, 9 x 17, approx. 5,000 gallons, that is installed in ground, inside my house basement. I want to purchase a water heater for it, not gas, but electric only. Where do I get information as to what type to use, and what size to get?
Hit 10 days ago, Now stovetop won’t light (gas cooktop w/electric ignition). My swimming pool heater will not heat up. It turns on but it will not heat the water. My alarm system is burnt up. I could smell wires burnt in home and alarm company called right after it happened. Everything else in home is fine. I did have to reset gfi plugs and unplug printer and then plug it back up. But everything else works.. Why gas related appliances and how do you fix it? Can I do it myself?
Oh yea…what are the chances my house could get hit again?
I found them in my back yard, i have a jungle like pool setup that ducks love. Between some rocks i found 5 duck eggs. They were tucked in by what looked like fur feather material. The eggs have been there for about 10 days. They felt kind of cold i hope there not dead. They are in a cardboard box wrapped in towels as of now and a electric heater is blowing on them. Will they make it?? How often should the eggs be rotated.
I have 4bed/2bath pool home in florida, but dont use a lot of hot water only 3 in my household. I am considering getting one.
Id like to know
Which model is best for me
Which brand name to avoid?
Is it more energy effecient?
What else should I know about the tank less water heaters?
I heard i should avoid electric ones. What is the differenve
Right now my house is 84 degree AC going constant. I do not know what else I can do other than putting window films up, putting black out curtain up, unplugging all the electronics I am not using, have ceiling fans going constant, shutting of a water heater system, etc, etc, etc…. I do not have swimming pool or anyone else living here on 1500 sq ft home getting direct sun on the long side of the house 12 hrs a day here in Florida.
I am looking at getting a heater for my in ground pool. the pool has roughly 21,000 gallons. Can you tell me which is better, Electric, Gas or Solar?
Thanks,
This may be kind of a stupid question, but I am going to have a Hayward 250,000 BTU natural gas pool heater installed for my in-ground pool next week. I could not find any “one” company that would do it all, so I have a plumber set up to run the gas line and an electrician to wire it up. My question is, who should I have do there job first? What comes first? Gas or electric? Thanks..
I have an Intex above ground 15′ round by 4′ deep pool. The weather here makes pools too cold. I have read the other ‘how to heat my pool’ questions and still have another.
I’ve ruled out a gas heater (despite the fact that I have a free natural gas well). One heater manufacturer said it would burn the sides of the pool.
I do not want an ugly solar contraption on the roof as I built my house myself and am happy with how it looks.
The electric heaters, apparently, don’t heat well enough and cost a fortune.
So, my question is about the the coiled black tube method. I don’t understand how the original pump, 637R, can power water through a series of hoses, UP to a roof and through the filter without burning out. I know that they do not have to be on a roof, but if I can find a suitable ground area, what length of hose would work? AAAND, i have a solar cover and pool cover but people keep saying leave them on during the day, but my kids SWIM during the day, even with cold water.
I don’t even know how to go about starting this problem. I am so lost…
1. Compute the cost (to the nearest penny) of warming the water in a swimming pool by 9 degrees F (5 degrees C) using a gas pool heater having 80% efficiency.
2. Repeat the computation if the pool uses an electric heater having 80% efficiency.
Pool characteristics:
diamater: 18 feet, round
height: 4 feet, but average water depth is 3.5 feet
Use current gas and electric rates from Nationalgrid utility bill:
gas charge equals .01 per therm
electricity rate is 16 cents per kilowatt-hour
1 therm = 105480.4 kiloJoules
1 kwh = 3600 kiloJoules
1 cu ft = 28.317 liters
1 liter = 1 kg of water
1 cal = 4.187 J
1 btu = 1.0548 kJ
We’re in Western PA, and have a 16 X 32 inground pool (steel with vinyl liner). Our 8 yr old Hayward natural gas pool heater died. Our pool guy said we need a new 150,000 BTU heater. The gas pilot heater is 50 + tax and an electric ignition version is ,150 + tax installed. We plan on living in the house for at least another 3 yrs. I don’t know what brand he’s recommending.
A 150,000 BTU Hayward H-Series heater from a discount catalog is ,400 with a pilot light and ,550 with an electronic ignition. I haven’t gotten installation prices yet.
Do you recommend pilot light or electronic ignition? Anything else I should watch out for? My inclination is to try to go as cheap as possible.