Apart from your location you need to consider the charges of your power company.
Cost to heat a pool with electricity.
Since it costs about 4 an hour for a 400k with natural gas figure it will take 2 5 hours at 6kw at 40 cents a kwh.
The gas heater can be purchased at 1500 with the same operating cost as the electrical resistance heater.
However the biggest factor on its electrical consumption has to do with the pool s location region and ambient temperature outside.
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Please keep in mind the results are only an estimate.
The size of a heat pump does make some difference.
So somehow spending 6 instead of 4 is really saving you 80.
The heat pumps is one of the cheapest based on operation cost.
50 250 depending on their use.
Even with the heat as high as 82 degrees in a long season like miami a pool cover can reduce an 1 845 annual cost to 410.
By my math multiply those last 3 numbers it will cost 6 in electricity to heat that same water up to the same temperature.
For this the power companies can charge around 35 to 40 on a monthly basis.
Cost estimates are based on generalized weather conditions for the specified location.
In phoenix an uncovered pool heating cost of 680 per year can be reduced to as little as 45 per year.