Using a BBQ Grill as a Pool Heater

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DIY Pool Heater
Now this is just a bad idea, horribly wrong, or maybe just really clever. This guy has converted a BBQ into a pool heater. I guess you have to admire his engineering skills, but it sure seems to me like there is an easier way.

I like swimming in about 80F to 85F myself, if it’s sunny and warm out. I created a prototype 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.

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