Is this a gas line hookup for a heater?

[ps0303]

If there was a gas heater there at some point wouldn't there also be a concrete slab or some kind of pad? Maybe the previous owner had the connection installed but never had a heater put in. A good thing actually, as the cost to run a gas line can be pretty expensive if done by a licensed plumber. I just bought a house with a pool in January and have an almost identical scenario where there is a gas line next to the pool filter but no heater. There is a concrete pad, though. Actually, it's a pad made up of a group of 12" X 12" concrete pavers. I've been debating the heater question myself but may wait 'til next season. The idea of adding another $400 - $500 bucks to my monthly nut makes me shiver.

And, BTW. Is that your pump ground wire wrapped around the neck of that gas fitting?

$400-$500 a month??? I've never heard of that monthly cost for a natural gas heater to heat a pool. Propane, that's different.

 

[borjis]

And, BTW. Is that your pump ground wire wrapped around the neck of that gas fitting?

Looks like a bonding wire. you (original poster) should get that hooked up to your pump motor bonding lug if you can.

EDIT: oops probably to bond the heater...never mind.

 

[kodiak1120]

If there was a gas heater there at some point wouldn't there also be a concrete slab or some kind of pad? Maybe the previous owner had the connection installed but never had a heater put in. A good thing actually, as the cost to run a gas line can be pretty expensive if done by a licensed plumber. I just bought a house with a pool in January and have an almost identical scenario where there is a gas line next to the pool filter but no heater. There is a concrete pad, though. Actually, it's a pad made up of a group of 12" X 12" concrete pavers. I've been debating the heater question myself but may wait 'til next season. The idea of adding another $400 - $500 bucks to my monthly nut makes me shiver.

And, BTW. Is that your pump ground wire wrapped around the neck of that gas fitting?

That's the bonding wire that runs from the top of the two pumps to the neck of the gas fitting.

 

[kodiak1120]

I'm going to guess there was def a heater there. Take a look at the pvc pipe configuration. Appears to have been cut and pieced back together.

I agree... I always wondered why it was run the way it is.