New to the POOL scene and need heating help

[CarlD]

Madwil,

The carbon footprint etc of electricity vs NG is all very interesting and something I'm fascinated by, but it's for the China Shop.
The OP is looking for a recommendation and, as such the metered cost of the NG is likely to be far higher than the metered cost of the HP. That's what it comes down to. Will it cost $100/month or $400/month to heat the pool?

Carl

[madwil]

agree completely- the cost is the determining factor; my past experience (none heating pools) with heat is NG is much more efficient- more BTU/dollar- than electricity...
But haven't worked in heat in a couple years, so as stated am behind on the newer HP technology, and haven't done a straight comparison on HP vs NG for pool heating!

[CarlD]

That's OK. It's apples and oranges. Heat pumps for home heating vs heat pumps for pool heating. Very different conditions.
And geo-thermal heat pumps are a "hot" technology.

Carl