I have a 40k gallon pool with associated hot tub. I use the heater to bring the hot tub to 104 but usually don’t heat the pool. I’d like to greatly expand my pool season and wanted to know if adding a heat pump and setting it to 85 in the Atlanta area would be worthwhile or excessively expensive/create difficulties? Any pearls or thoughts on this?
Adding a heat pump to a heated pool
- Thread starter dhodson
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,449
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
What model gas heater do you have?
Different gas heaters have different recommendations on how to run a gas heater and a HP on the same pool.
I am skeptical that there is a payback on the HP cost + electrical cost to heat the pool versus the incremental gas cost to heat the pool.
Do you have an automation system that can control both a gas heater and a HP?
Different gas heaters have different recommendations on how to run a gas heater and a HP on the same pool.
I am skeptical that there is a payback on the HP cost + electrical cost to heat the pool versus the incremental gas cost to heat the pool.
Do you have an automation system that can control both a gas heater and a HP?
Thx for the reply
I’ll have to check what heater we have at home
Currently it’s a Hayward prologic motherboard but no further automation although I’m not opposed to adding that too.
We are vacationing at isle of palms and the small pool/hot tub here at the rental house has it. It’s a new build and my pool is over 10 years old so I didn’t know if this is a “new thing”.
I’ll have to check what heater we have at home
Currently it’s a Hayward prologic motherboard but no further automation although I’m not opposed to adding that too.
We are vacationing at isle of palms and the small pool/hot tub here at the rental house has it. It’s a new build and my pool is over 10 years old so I didn’t know if this is a “new thing”.
