Is there such a thing as a portable pool heater that could run off, say, a bbq propane tank and 110v for a self-contained water pump? If even only designed for smaller pools?
Portable pool heater?
- Thread starter Sunnydaze
- Start date
- Jul 21, 2013
- 64,689
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
What size pool do you want to heat? From what temperature to what temperature?
A 20-pound propane cylinder holds approximately 430,000 BTUs of liquid propane.
1 BTU will heat 1 pound of water 1 degree.
A 20-pound propane cylinder holds approximately 430,000 BTUs of liquid propane.
1 BTU will heat 1 pound of water 1 degree.
More curiosity than anything. If something like that existed, were cheap enough and practical to raise my pool even a few degrees, I'd be interested. Without any efficiency loss, it sounds like a 20lb propane tank would heat 15,000 gallons about 3.5 degrees. I'd assume there's a fair amount of efficiency lost in the heating process making it impractical for most pools aside from smaller above ground pools.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 64,689
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
Yup, there is not enough energy in a small propane tank to get much of a temperature rise.