New member here so thanks in advance for any replies.
Our pool guy came and opened our pool on Tuesday and mentioned he had a "good deal on a heater for our pool. We found out it was one bought for someone else that didnt use it so they screwed him over. It was a Hayward H200 PROPANE Heater, which puts off 200000 BTU. Cost to us to buy it would be like $850. Our pool measures 36x44, more like an L-shaped pool, deep end is 8ft and we run a salt system. We live in Richmond VA, and we would like to open the pool in end April versus end May, and keep it open through end Sept/early Oct. Would like to keep pool temp around 80-82 if possible.
My question- would we be better off going with a heat pump or going with this pool guys deal? I am not familiar with a heat pump, do they run off my electric?
I was thinking in the long term i would spend more on propane, but i am a bit confused with all this about pumps and heaters. We already have a propane tank for our house. Or would we be better to just buy a 400000btu system and that would work better? I mean our savings from buying a cheaper 200000btu system would be eaten up by having to buy more propane.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Our pool guy came and opened our pool on Tuesday and mentioned he had a "good deal on a heater for our pool. We found out it was one bought for someone else that didnt use it so they screwed him over. It was a Hayward H200 PROPANE Heater, which puts off 200000 BTU. Cost to us to buy it would be like $850. Our pool measures 36x44, more like an L-shaped pool, deep end is 8ft and we run a salt system. We live in Richmond VA, and we would like to open the pool in end April versus end May, and keep it open through end Sept/early Oct. Would like to keep pool temp around 80-82 if possible.
My question- would we be better off going with a heat pump or going with this pool guys deal? I am not familiar with a heat pump, do they run off my electric?
I was thinking in the long term i would spend more on propane, but i am a bit confused with all this about pumps and heaters. We already have a propane tank for our house. Or would we be better to just buy a 400000btu system and that would work better? I mean our savings from buying a cheaper 200000btu system would be eaten up by having to buy more propane.
Any advice would be appreciated.