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howmuch does it cost to heat a 50,000 litre pool ?

  • 29-05-2010 06:02PM
    #1
    lucozader
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 589 ✭✭✭


    ???

    also how long does it take to heat it


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  • #2
    Hank_Jones
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,783 ✭✭✭Hank_Jones


    Is this like how many popes can you fit in a volkswagen?


  • #3
    BKtje
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 8,162 ✭✭✭BKtje


    To what temperature, in what country, outdoor/indoor etc etc etc

    How long is a piece of string these days anyway?


  • #4
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    http://poolstore.co.uk/content/how-much-does-it-cost-to-heat-a-swimming-pool

    Thank gawd I've heard of Google! Just invented this week!


  • #5
    Cheap Thrills!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,723 ✭✭✭Cheap Thrills!


    ..hang on a min...I'll just check me ESB bill....! :p


  • #6
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    lucozader wrote: »
    howmuch does it cost to heat a 50,000 litre pool ?

    also how long does it take to heat it

    Just mention something about them pick-pocketing the dead at Hillsborough.


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  • #7
    Archeron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,822 ✭✭✭Archeron


    A really small nuclear bomb is quick, easy and surprisingly cheap in these recessionary times.


  • #8
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,594 ✭✭✭bonerm


    lucozader wrote: »
    howmuch does it cost to heat a 50,000 litre pool ?

    €0.00

    Just hop in and take a leak.


  • #9
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Very little if you take my spent rods!


  • #10
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,685 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    a 50000 litre pool needs 60kw for every degree rise roughly.


  • #11
    Carl Sagan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 856 ✭✭✭Carl Sagan


    50,000 euro.


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  • #12
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Google is your friend, this is what I came up with. I hope that answers your question.


  • #13
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    It will probably heat quicker in Provence than in any of the provinces of Ireland.


  • #14
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,849 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    BKtje wrote: »
    To what temperature, in what country, outdoor/indoor etc etc etc

    How long is a piece of string these days anyway?

    Twice the length from the middle.


  • #15
    blubloblu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭blubloblu


    Leaving cert physics. Assuming it's going from 10C to 25C and a perfecly efficient heater, €122


  • #16
    Ciaran500
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,225 ✭✭✭Ciaran500


    Homework?

    Q= m*c*Temp difference

    Q = 50000*4.12*(25-5)
    Q = 4,120,000 W


  • #17
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    About three fiddy.


  • #18
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    lucozader wrote: »
    ???

    also how long does it take to heat it

    27.005344c and 20,043 seconds.


  • #19
    blubloblu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭blubloblu


    Ciaran500 wrote: »
    Homework?

    Q= m*c*Temp difference

    Q = 50000*4.12*(25-5)
    Q = 4,120,000 W

    I thought c = 4180 for water. Your result should be in joules.


  • #20
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,779 ✭✭✭✭Princess Consuela Bananahammock


    lucozader wrote: »
    ???

    also how long does it take to heat it

    We do have a "helpdesk" for these kind of questions. Go on - they're real friednly over there...

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #21
    Kasabian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭Kasabian


    Ikky Poo2 wrote: »
    We do have a "helpdesk" for these kind of questions. Go on - they're real friednly over there...


    Those guys over there seem to have access to some form of Google on Steroids , they know everything.


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  • #22
    Mister men
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,487 ✭✭✭Mister men


    mikom wrote: »
    Just mention something about them pick-pocketing the dead at Hillsborough.

    :confused:


  • #23
    Wazdakka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    Hang on,

    I'm sure I can Crowbar a Y'ore Ma joke into this somehow....


  • #24
    Midnight_EG
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,849 ✭✭✭Midnight_EG


    Wazdakka wrote: »
    Hang on,

    I'm sure I can Crowbar a Y'ore Ma joke into this somehow....

    If I started to get Yo're Ma all heated up, I'm sure she'd fill the pool with over 50,000 litres of 'water', which should take no less than 10 minutes?




    And I'll do it for free ;)



    :pac:


  • #25
    DublinWriter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,599 ✭✭✭DublinWriter


    If you can afford a 50,000 litre pool and then worry about the cost of heating it then you couldn't afford the pool in the first place.


  • #26
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,548 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    i think this thread should be moved to the maths forum to calculate it :D


  • #27
    pebbles21
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,816 ✭✭✭pebbles21


    Mister men wrote: »
    :confused:


    Think it was in reference to the deaths of 96 Liverpool fans who died at Hillsborough,and The Sun newspaper alleged that other Liverpool fans pickpocketed the dead and urinated on them

    And FWIW it wasnt funny and was in very bad taste!


  • #28
    TheZohanS
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,581 ✭✭✭✭TheZohanS


    FearDark wrote: »
    About three fiddy.

    But two fiddy with Airtricity.


  • #29
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    I'll ask my pool caretaker just of curiousity, the next time we are over in Nice.


  • #30
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 99,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Ciaran500 wrote: »
    Homework?

    Q= m*c*Temp difference

    Q = 50000*4.12*(25-5)
    Q = 4,120,000 W
    Water expands when heated so the specific heat capacity per Litre will vary

    if you want 50,000 litres at 25c then you can use a heat capacity of 4.1813 Kj / L

    4,181,300 Kj / 3,600 seconds/hr = 1,161.47 Kwhr

    Electricity are priced per unit so in the order of €200 but could nearer €100 if you are on the storage heater tariff.
    https://www.esb.ie/esbcustomersupply/residential/your_account/urban_24hr_tariff.jsp
    Gas is also priced per unit too. But unless you have a condensing boiler there will be a fair bit of waste heat.

    Heat losses have not been taken into account.
    It is left as an exercise to the reader to calculate the initial volume of water needed.


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  • #31
    Nulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,843 ✭✭✭Nulty


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    Google is your friend, this is what I came up with. I hope that answers your question.

    Google's not his friend.

    Its says "Oh no! Not you again!" everytime he uses it. Thats why hes here


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