Step 1
Why not use the power of the sun to heat your pool? A solar
cover utilizes that power but can be a pain to take off and put on if
you don't have a reel system. A solar heater takes the energy produced
by the sun and can warm your water by as much as ten degrees!
Step 2
If you have never thought about it before, then why not
consider it now! The whole planet is trying to go green, so why not you
and your swimming pool? It's pretty simple to do. All you need is a
filter system with at least a 1 h.p. pump and a solar heating kit.
Step 3
The instructions will come with the kit, but I want to give
you an idea of how the solar heater works. A typical solar heater will
measure about 2- 1/2'wide x 6' long. It comes rolled up like a mat, but
quickly unrolls and can be placed near your pool on the lawn. It is
comprised of a series of thin channels that form one complete circuit or
tunnel if you will.
What you do is hook this up to your circulating
system just after the water has passed through your pump and filter.
Before
it returns to your pool, it is forced to travel back and forth through
these black plastic channels that have been absorbing the heat of the
day.
Step 4
As the cool water goes through the heated channeling that
heat is transferred to the water raising its temperature.
Once it
exits the solar heater it resumes its journey through your return inlet
hose and goes back into the pool. The cumulative effect of all of your
pool water coursing through the solar heater can make a marked and very
noticeably difference in pool temperature.
