Heating Your Swimming Pool

There are plenty of options when it comes to a swimming pool heater so there is no reason why you shouldn't be able to use your your pool every day of the year if you wish. You can choose from gas fired heaters, either natural or propane, or an electric one. You can even use the sun with a solar powered swimming pool heater that can make your pool more comfortable and enjoyable.

The most popular method of heating swimming pools at the moment is with a gas water heater. It works very similar to your home central heating. The water is pumped through the heater where it passes over a flame before returning back to the pool. This constant rotation helps keep the water at your pre-chosen temperature. You might think it would take forever to heat the contents of a pool but its actually pretty quick as long as you have one relative to the size of your pool.

They are also fairly easy to use and maintain and nowadays are very efficient. The only downfall of the gas swimming pool heater is the fluctuation in gas prices. As gas goes up, your pools heating costs go up.

Its the same with a propane swimming pool heater. The efficiency and ease of install and operation as greatly improved over the last few years but it will be the operating costs that put many pools owners off when deciding to have heating or not. An electric swimming pool heater has a similar problem to its gas counterpart. It takes a lot of power to heat a pool so any slight increases in the cost of electric is going to make a dramatic effect to the size of your utility bill.

Solar power, or energy from the sun is as yet, free so doesn't cost anything to run. Because of this the initial cost is expensive but a solar powered swimming pool heater will soon pay for itself. If at all possible you should give this method strong consideration. Water is pumped into cells that have been heated by being exposed to the suns rays. These cells retain the heat and are in a variety of sizes. The size is related to the size of pool they are heating. They are usually mounted out of site on a nearby roof such as a garage building. If your pool is above ground the cells are set up by its side.

A solar powered swimming pool heater is not suitable for everyone. It will depend on where you want the pool located and of course your climate but if it is possible the financial benefits are obvious.