Reducing Heat Costs HOA Pool

[snowboardphil1]

have you given taughts to liquid to liquid geothermal units withproper coil material for your pool water.Typicaly the offer from 300% to 400% efficiency over electricity (bassicaly take a planned electrical cost and divid by 3 to 4). You would have to find a undeground source of water of addequate gal/min and pipe it to the geothermal unit (with the option to pipe it to a solar heater before). Initial cost can be pretty steep but return on investment can be anywhere from 5 to 15 years depending on applications

[Poolsean]

I would definately inspect the heat exchanger for calcium build up, as Pool Doc mentioned. This will reduce efficiency and cause your heating costs to increase.

However, depending on the usage of your pool, a Heat Pump could be a viable alternative (or compliment) to your gas heater.

What's the average depth of your pool? Deeper pools are actually more efficient (less heat loss).
What months is your pool opened for usage?
What temperature do you want to maintain? If you're not too concerned with maintaining 86 or higher temperatures during the colder months, a heat pump can probably maintain your pool, without the need of the gas heater. However, if you need to maintain a specific temperature, year around, you will need to suppliment with your gas heater during those cold months.

In either case, the heat pump can potentially save you quite a bit of money in your operational costs over the gas heater.

I can provide an operational cost comparison if you know your cost of electricity (per kilowatt) and natural gas (per therm), and the above questions.

[PoolDoc]

Hey Guys;

AZHeat isn't paying any attention to this, and hasn't logged back in since he made this post on March 6.

BTW, that's pretty typical of commercial posters, which is one reason I created this forum 'ghetto' for them.

[Poolsean]

Sorry Captain...I didn't even bother looking at the OP date.