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Gas pool heaters are essentially equivalent in power generation capacity to gas driven backup generators one might buy.
Build a model with electric output connecting back into the house, so that you can run it as a generator when the need occurs.
natural gas backup generators
http://www.norwall.com/specials.htm
[theircompetitor, Oct 04 2004]
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You're proposing to run a natural gas/LP gas/gasoline (pick one) power generator to power your home (selling the excess power back to the power company, I suppose) and using the waste heat to warm a swimming pool? Hmmmm.... |
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From the title "Electric Pool" I thought someone or something was going to be electrocuted. Darn the luck. |
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No, that's not what he's proposing. |
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Sorry for not understanding the pool heater as part time generator idea. I'm not familiar with gas pool heaters since I live in a warmer climate and have no pool. The folks near me who do have pools heat them on a part-time basis with a nuclear fusion reaction from a distance of approximately 93 million miles. It's free, but not 100% reliable--less effective on cloudy days when you may need it more. |
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I'm in [Roone]'s boat in that I don't understand what a gas pool heater has to do with power generation. Does your pool heater generate electricity? If so, why? |
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<side note> Actually, it may be possible to reverse an electric pool heater and generate some electricity if it uses a refrigeration cycle and your pool is significantly warmer than the surroundings.</side note> |
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The pool heater doesn't generate power. It is, however, attached to the gas line and burns gas, so if one could *make* it generate power, one would have one box with two functions for the price of a single installation. (That's how I read the idea, anyway.) |
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Should catch on with Californians. (Hot tubs and frequent power outages, e.g. last summer.) |
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Sorry for the somewhat laconic description, but jutta is exactly right. |
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I will find and post links for current single function devices. |
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This summer after blackout in NYC, as powered backup generators were selling out like hotcakes from Home Depot and Lowes, because you don't need to get/store gasoline for them. |
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But many pool owners already have gas pool heaters that are roughly similar in size and gas consumption possibilities. |
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So if you're marketing one of these things to a pool buyer -- and it's not cheap, just running the gas line will cost me several thousands -- this kind of function would be a great value add. |
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I think the name isn't helping. Threw me way off. Took me four reads of jutta's paragraph to finally get it. Then I finally realized it's not a billiard table that you plug in. |
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