Redneck Pool Heater
“I wasn’t teaching during the spring of 2005 so I spent the time modifying my backyard barbecue grill into a pool heater. (Redneck, I know but it worked!) Our pool is between two tall homes and is shaded for all but 3 hours a day. Normally you can’t swim in our pool until June because it’s just to cold (68F – 75F). I like swimming in about 80F to 85F myself, if it’s sunny and warm out. I created aprototype heater coil that seemed to work for its size. I then create a large heater coil out of 180 feet of copper tubing that connects to my pool pump using a garden hose and fits inside the grill. The hose runs from the pump through the grill heater coils and then into the pool. I heated my pool from 68F to 89.4F in 48 hours using 3.5 tanks of propane.” w/ photos
