Heating Your Pool Cheaply

For swimming pool owners, heating the pool is one requisite in being able to use it in comfort and convenience. This is most true in temperate countries or those places that have varying weather conditions throughout the year. In colder times, they need to heat up their pools.

These days, heat pumps ranks high in becoming an increasingly popular system in heating swimming pools. This heating system for pools uses the ambient air surrounding the unit in heating up the pool.

The air passes over an evaporator coil and the heated refrigerant transfers the heat to the water when returning back into the pool. The method does not need natural gas or propane fuel. 

This drastically lowers the system’s running utility costs. (It casts around $0.63 an hour to run on electricity, much lower than the cost of propane or natural gas.)

Slight disadvantage

The costs might be low but there is a small disadvantage. Heat pumps use the surrounding air around the unit and it only works when the temperatures are higher than 50 degrees Fahrenheit.

When the temperatures drop below 50 degrees, the heat pump loses the ability to effectively heat the pool water. Also, the upfront cost is higher. These are the cons of the system.

The pros are that it runs on lower cost, is energy efficient, great for mild climates and very easy to install. If you want something that saved you money in the long run, and you live in a climate whose temperature does not drop below 50 degrees often, a heat pump is one good option. 

However, here are more of the tangible benefits of a heat pump.

Cost 

Many people are temporarily turned off by the initial costs of a pool heat pump. This is the typical reaction to those pool owners when given the catalogue of pool heat pumps Sydney. However, on learning on the many benefits of a pool heat pump, the decision to purchase was fast.

The clincher was the very low and cost-effective heating solution. For an average-sized pool, heating can run up to $500 a month on electricity alone. Pool heat pumps can heat your pool for as low as $50 per month. With this savings, your pool heat pump can pay for itself in a couple of years.

Durability 

It is true that pool heat pumps cost more at the start, but they are extremely durable. In fact, pool heat pumps last longer than any other pool heating solution available. 

The pool heat pump doesn’t generate heat in the traditional way so they actually don’t burn out as fast. They will still be there long after the other traditional pool heaters have burned themselves out and broke down.

Energy Efficient

Different heaters have different methods of heating the pool. Electric pool heaters convert electricity into heat. Gas pool heaters burn the fuel in order to heat the pool, while pool heat pumps use the free heat from the air and transfer it to the water to heat it up. 

With only a small amount of power, pool heat pumps pulls in the hot air, converts it into heat energy and effectively transfers it to your pool water.

Technically, this means that for every unit of energy consumed, the same amount of heat is transferred to the pool water. 

Eco-friendly 

This goes back to the energy efficiency benefit of using a pool heat pump. In effect, since it uses less energy to heat up your pool, there is less greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere for heating your pool. 

In addition, there is nothing that is being burned by the pool heat pump. Gas pool heaters burn up fuel to heat your pool, and releases carbon emissions and directly destroying the environment.

These days, there are now available several types of pool heat pumps. Each one has a distinct benefit.

Heated swimming pool

Australia is lucky in some ways that it has a warm climate, although there are months of the year that it gets chilly and swimming pools are left unused. For people wanting to extend the swimming season, or simply wants to enjoy the warm water in their swimming pool, a heat pump is one good investment.

For pool owners, you need to consider the strength a new swimming pool heat pump plus the amount of energy it consumes when running. These pumps are typically powered y gas, electricity or solar power.

Electric pool heat pump

Electric pool heat pumps are similarly to electric hot water tanks. They heat a coil, which in turn heats the water. The heating process is relatively slow but they’re very consistent, and there is no worry about running out of energy like with gas pool heat pumps. 

However, these have a higher price tag. In the long run, the cost evens out because the machine lasts for so long and is energy-efficient.

Gas pool heat pumps

Gas pool heat pumps are a very popular solution for the very simple reason of heating up rather fast even in large pools. Most models run on natural gas which is piped in from the utility company.

However, there are also propane-fueled models for people who do not have access to natural gas. Gas heat pumps are great in maintaining the temperature even if the air temperature shifts. Unfortunately, they can use a lot of gas in order to do this in cold weather

There are three popular types of gas heaters – convection, tank and coil gas pool heaters. The coil gas pool heaters are the most common type and used in bigger swimming pools and spas.

The convection and the tank heating pumps are better for use in smaller pools and spas.

Solar swimming pool heater

These pool heaters are fast-growing in popularity. This is because solar energy is very cheap.  The setup, however, for these heaters can cost much. Moreover, you’ll have to consider the location of the pool in relation to the sun.

Fortunately, outdoor solar heaters are easier and cheaper to install than those used indoors. In addition, they require little to no maintenance once they are installed and ready to go.

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