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Originally Posted by billethkid
Gas heater plus solar water panels.
Heat pumps just can not do the job during the cold days of our winters.
Once the night time temps start going below 70 the differential to get to the 80+ degrees just gets too great for the solar panels to "catch up".
Gas heater can do it. The colder the outdoor temp the more expensive it gets.
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I agree. We've had a solar heated pool for 15 years and tried a heat pump for the first 6-8 years with little success in the winter. Switched to a gas heater and that works in the winter months, although it is so expensive in January (I have a very large pool), I just swim laps in our neighborhood pool instead.