Anyone with a big inground pool over 30k gallons with no heater? I think I average around 75 degrees with no heater and I’m ready to make the investment to bump it up to 80-82
Midwest 30k gallon or over, heated or natural?
- Thread starter nickprette
- Start date
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
Ours is 27K so I don't qualify but that usually doesn't stop me. I am mostly satisfied without supplemental heat. Though bumping it up to 85, from our summer minimum of 80 would be very nice. We can get to the upper 80's and touch 90 during a hot stretch. However, I also have an autocover that, if we have a cool rainy few days in June, I will close it and that helps to retain a few degrees helping on the backside. You can see my Pool Math logs of our temps via the link in my signature or by clicking on my avatar and clicking Pool Math Logs. We have sun from about 8am to 7pm which is a huge help.
- Jul 16, 2012
- 7,211
- Pool Size
- 27000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
We just hit the magic 85+ today! Ahhhh.
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I kind of count and in a funny way. I have 35k gallons in your general climate and I have a heat pump that we never use because it does exactly what you would like it to do........ taking a warm pool and making it warmer. It is the far more efficient of the 2 styles for that.
We like the cooler ‘warm’ water so we never use it. What we would prefer is to greatly extend the swim season which is where a gas heater shines.
We like the cooler ‘warm’ water so we never use it. What we would prefer is to greatly extend the swim season which is where a gas heater shines.
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