| Swimming in your private pool is truly a great | | | | requires to raise the water temperature of your |
| way to have fun and enjoy life. By keeping your | | | | swimming pool by one degree Fahrenheit. BTU |
| pool water warm and welcoming, you will be | | | | ratings can fall within a wide range, and gas pool |
| creating an even more enjoyable environment for | | | | heaters with higher BTU ratings will heat |
| your family and friends. Gas pool heaters provide | | | | swimming pools faster. Not surprisingly, models |
| a great way to heat your pool and keep the | | | | with higher BTU ratings will also be more |
| water at a comfortable temperature in order to | | | | expensive to purchase. The second factor to |
| maximize every swimming experience. With their | | | | consider is their efficiency rating. A swimming pool |
| cost and efficiency benefits, swimming pool gas | | | | gas heater with an efficiency rating of 85%, for |
| heaters are a great alternative to more costly | | | | example, wastes 15% of the energy required to |
| electric heaters and come with many outstanding | | | | operate it. Obviously, units with a higher efficiency |
| features. Considering today's economy and the | | | | rating waste less energy and are therefore more |
| current cost of electricity, gas pool heaters | | | | cost effective and more environmentally friendly. |
| present a great option for every swimming pool | | | | While the majority of propane and natural gas |
| owner. | | | | heaters will have an efficiency rating that falls |
| Swimming pool gas heaters come in two basic | | | | somewhere between 80% and 85%, there are |
| types, namely propane heaters and natural gas | | | | models available with efficiency ratings as high as |
| heaters. Both of these types of gas swimming | | | | 95%. |
| pool heaters are high-performing and can heat | | | | There are gas heaters for swimming pools |
| larger volumes of water in less time than electric | | | | available that can be installed either outdoors or in |
| heaters. This means that you can start swimming | | | | a pool house. While some models can be installed |
| faster with gas heaters and you and your family | | | | in either location, others are designed specifically |
| can enjoy an extended swimming season. In | | | | for indoors or specifically for outdoors. If you'd |
| addition to heating water faster, propane and | | | | prefer to have your gas pool heater installed |
| natural gas heaters for swimming pools are also | | | | outdoors, it's important to make sure that the |
| less expensive to operate than electric pool | | | | unit you choose is weather resistant so it will |
| heaters so they will save you money. In today's | | | | withstand ice, rain and snow during the winter |
| economy, that's definitely a benefit that should | | | | months. This will protect your heater and help to |
| not be overlooked! | | | | ensure that it will last for many years to come. |
| While both propane gas pool heaters and natural | | | | Swimming pool gas heaters will have one of two |
| gas heaters are more efficient and less costly to | | | | ignition systems. These heaters use either a pilot |
| operate than electric heaters, they share their | | | | light or an electronic ignition system. The latter |
| own differences with respect to cost and | | | | type of ignition system is the most common and |
| efficiency. Although propane heaters are definitely | | | | is often preferable because it does not require a |
| less expensive to run than electric heaters, natural | | | | continuous pilot light which can be a waste of |
| gas heaters typically cost approximately half as | | | | energy. The type of ignition system that you |
| much to operate as propane heaters. Of course, | | | | choose will be based upon personal preference |
| prior to purchasing a natural gas heater for your | | | | but, as already mentioned, electric ignition |
| swimming pool, it's important to make sure that | | | | systems are more common. |
| natural gas is supplied to your property. If it is | | | | Whether you prefer to have a propane or natural |
| not, propane heaters are still an excellent and | | | | gas heater for your swimming pool, either type |
| cost-effective option for keeping your pool warm. | | | | will provide you with high performance, efficiency |
| There are many different available models of | | | | and cost savings. Gas heaters are easy to install |
| propane and natural gas heaters for swimming | | | | and typically require very little maintenance so |
| pools. When comparing and evaluating different | | | | you can enjoy worry-free and effective pool |
| units, there are a couple of different factors that | | | | heating. With a swimming pool gas heater working |
| you should look for. First of all, the specifications | | | | for you, you can dive into your private pool |
| for each heating unit will include a BTU rating. | | | | sooner and enjoy its comfortable warmth and |
| BTUs, or British Thermal Units, are used to | | | | refreshing qualities to the fullest extent. |
| express the amount of energy that the heater | | | | |