Recent content by Raytownloc

Thank you - yes i finally got through to tech suport with Hayware and they told me the same thing. Thanks!

I just got a heat pump installed and the installer guy just left it running and set the pool pump to run continuosly. I wasnt home at the time. Its a Hayward 140k btu hp2140t pump if that matters. Is it ok just to set the pool pump to run from 10am - 6pm and does the heat pump just shut off...

I'm not sure - the plumber is coming again on Tuesday and he did say something about getting the power company to upgrade the meter. I'll give an update after that. I appreciate all of yalls wisdom it makes it a lot easier to make a decision. Thanks!

Everything I've read says that a good pool cover reduces night time heat loss and therefore raises the temp of the pool by 5 degrees or so. If that's the case then when I put one on my pool will be about 71 degrees... So does that make it a 9 degree differential and change the math? I get 11...

Thank you for the advice - So does that mean a 150K BTU heater would not work? Or does it just mean I might have to wait another month to start heating the pool (to a 10 degree temp difference)? Are you factoring in the use of a solar blanket and would that help any? I know that Pentair makes...

Solar and heat pumps are not an option... but I don't mind an undersized pool heater as long as it will work. Long times to heat up dont really bother me. Its just that I was led to believe that it was not even worth it.

I have been getting a lot of conflicting information about how big a pool heater I need. The guy at Leslie's pools told me that for a 16,000 gallon pool, I need at least a 250,000 BTU gas pool heater and he would recommend a 400,000 gas pool heater. The problem is that my plumber is telling me...