What is the best electric heater for a 15 x 30 above ground pool?

Answer 1

The volume of a pool this size is 12,000-18,000 gallons. This requires a heater that can put out about 150,000-175,000 BTU/hour. No electric heater is efficient at that range so you'll probably have to use a gas or propane heater. You ''could'' get by with a rather inexpensive 100,000 BTU heater in the $600-$700 range, but you will have to plan your swimming in advance because it will take that unit about 24 hours to raise the temperature of the water 15 degrees. ---If you are lucky. Other systems can do it faster, but it will cost more.

Answer 2

Heat pumps are the most efficient. And consider solar. It works well even up north and has no operating cost. I live in Northern Ontario. I am currently using a propane pool heater. Last year, it cost $70 per week to heat my 18 feet round above ground pool and that was being conservative. I heated the water to 80-82 degrees. This year, my husband made his own heater from a homemade outdoor stone fireplace. He placed copper coils inside the stove above the flames. This seems to work pretty well and it's heating the pool much faster than propane. Now it's not costing me a cent to heat my pool. I know of a British manufacturer of electric above-ground swimming pool heaters who has now been perfecting their designs for seven years. The company started with an individual making a heater for his own pool. Some people say they are too reliable for their own good! They are impressive and competitively priced. For more info, go to www.elecro.co.uk