I have a gas heater that I often turn on the day I want to swim. My pool is often at 74 degrees and I like heating my pool to 84 degrees to swim (yup). The gas heater that I have brings the temperature up (in my pool) 1deg/hour. In other words, it will take 10 hours to bring to pool from 74 to 84 deg.
The questions is this: would it make sense to just set my heater to 84 deg and leave it there, as opposed to shutting the heater off and turning it back on to re-heat the pool. Someone told me .... coworker... that it will cost less to just set your gas heater at 84...because that will mean the gas heater isn't running 10 hours every-time you want to swim... I don't swim everyday so that's why I shut off the heater.
i.e., leaving the heater thermostat at a certain temp or turning it off then reheating the water for a full day
Any suggestions???
The questions is this: would it make sense to just set my heater to 84 deg and leave it there, as opposed to shutting the heater off and turning it back on to re-heat the pool. Someone told me .... coworker... that it will cost less to just set your gas heater at 84...because that will mean the gas heater isn't running 10 hours every-time you want to swim... I don't swim everyday so that's why I shut off the heater.
i.e., leaving the heater thermostat at a certain temp or turning it off then reheating the water for a full day
Any suggestions???