Deb04
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- Jul 12, 2008
- 660
- Pool Size
- 19000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Inquiring minds want to know. Did you heat the pool for the weekend or not?
How much will it cost to heat my pool for this weekend?
- Thread starter wayner
- Start date
- May 31, 2012
- 839
- Pool Size
- 100000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
I did, and we swam Saturday, Sunday and Monday. I did snap a photo of my gas meter on Saturday when the pool was pretty much heated so I don't know the full cost, but I can figure out what it cost to maintain at that temp for a few days.
- May 31, 2012
- 839
- Pool Size
- 100000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Jandy Aquapure 1400
I forgot to read my meter before heating, but from 4pm on Saturday until today I used 83m^3 of gas. I turned the heater off at around 4 on Monday. So I missed the initial heat up, but to keep the water at 85F for two days I used, at most, 83m^3 of gas.
Looking at my bill a little more closely it looks like my all in variable gas cost is actually about $0.35/m^3 if I include distribution, transmission and the carbon tax, in addition to the direct cost of gas. So to keep the pool heated for two days cost about $29, less if you account for the fact that some of the gas I consumed would have been for cooking or heating water. It probably cost an equal amount to heat the water up in the first place, so I am probably looking at about $50 for three days of swimming. Today was another very warm day and the water is still at 80F. So still comfortably swimmable, if I wanted to do so.
Looking at my bill a little more closely it looks like my all in variable gas cost is actually about $0.35/m^3 if I include distribution, transmission and the carbon tax, in addition to the direct cost of gas. So to keep the pool heated for two days cost about $29, less if you account for the fact that some of the gas I consumed would have been for cooking or heating water. It probably cost an equal amount to heat the water up in the first place, so I am probably looking at about $50 for three days of swimming. Today was another very warm day and the water is still at 80F. So still comfortably swimmable, if I wanted to do so.