Heater sizing for shared pool spa systems.
Pool heater btu.
Heater size in btu hr.
For the example pool that needed 207 500 btu per hour to heat the pool when you add another 20 it becomes 248 400 btu.
Multiply that result by 12 to arrive at the required btu per hour output of the heater.
Swimming pool water on the surface is continually transitioning to water vapor.
So a reasonably safe bet for our example pool is a heater that is rated for around 250 000 btu s.
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The heater output or btu is the energy that the heater will transfer to the pool water.
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The heat energy used during the transition to water vapor is lost from the body of water reducing the overall temperature.
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Surface area x temperature difference x 12 where surface area is the area of the pool in square feet temperature difference is the result of desired pool temperature current pool temperature and 12 is our constant number based on the assumption that wind speed is around 3 5 miles per hour.
Heater efficiency is the ratio of output to input typically displayed as a percentage.
Pool heaters are designed with varying levels of btu output to work efficiently for given pool sizes and weather.
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Once you ve factored in your pool s heating requirements as mentioned above you can calculate the required btus needed to heat your pool or spa.
The heater input is the energy still in btu s that is used to generate the output heat.
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This figure represents the heater output necessary to heat the pool to the desired temperature in 24 hours.
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