How Houston Weather Damages Pool Heaters
Pool heaters live outside year round, which means Houston’s weather gets a direct shot at them in ways a household water heater tucked in a garage never experiences.
Humidity Corrodes Components Slowly, Then All at Once
Houston’s humidity, often 75 to 90 percent for much of the year, works on the cabinet, electrical connections, and heat pump components of a pool heater continuously. This corrosion is gradual and easy to miss until a connection finally fails, usually during a stretch of heavy pool use rather than convenient timing.
Hurricane Season Power Surges
Electric and heat pump pool heaters are just as vulnerable to power surge damage during storm restoration as household water heaters are, the kind of uneven power return that followed Hurricane Beryl in July 2024 across the Houston area. Shutting off the breaker to your pool heater before an extended outage is a reasonable precaution during hurricane season.
Rare But Real Freeze Risk
Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 caused widespread pipe and equipment damage across Houston, and pool equipment with exposed plumbing was not spared. If a hard freeze is forecast, running the pool pump continuously to keep water moving through exposed pipes helps prevent freeze damage to both plumbing and the heater itself.
Storm or humidity damaged your pool heater? Call (877) 560-1148.