- Sep 28, 2018
- 225
- Pool Size
- 13000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
We have a 400k natural gas heater being installed with our pool build in Tampa, Florida. Our pool will end up 12k-13k gallons, it faces west with no shade other than the pool cage. Roughly what temperatures should I expect throughout the year without using the heater? Trying to decide if it's worth getting solar along with the gas (trying to roughly estimate the ROI to see if worth it) and/or picking months to heat the pool vs months where it's just impractically expensive. I prefer the water 86-88.
Any other Florida pool owners with some insight for me? My parents pool is about 15,500 gallons and dad has 528sqft of solar which keeps it in the 80s except Nov - March. We will use the spa even when cold, but I'm trying to find out how to plan heating the pool - or should I just set it to 86 and monitor the usage each month until it bothers me too much? Solar is surprisingly expensive even to DIY which is going to seriously affect payback time vs just running the gas heater cautiously. Any insight is appreciated....
Also, yes I'm antsy because they took off Christmas and new years on our pool so they haven't done squat for 2 weeks (how dare they spend time with their families or take vacations).
Thanks!
Any other Florida pool owners with some insight for me? My parents pool is about 15,500 gallons and dad has 528sqft of solar which keeps it in the 80s except Nov - March. We will use the spa even when cold, but I'm trying to find out how to plan heating the pool - or should I just set it to 86 and monitor the usage each month until it bothers me too much? Solar is surprisingly expensive even to DIY which is going to seriously affect payback time vs just running the gas heater cautiously. Any insight is appreciated....
Also, yes I'm antsy because they took off Christmas and new years on our pool so they haven't done squat for 2 weeks (how dare they spend time with their families or take vacations).
Thanks!
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