A solar pool heater means more enjoyment, more fun from your swimming pool or outdoor spa. Anyway, why do you have one? It is a valuable investment on which you also spend much time and money, looking after it.
There are four means of heating your pool
* by using an electric heater
* using gas, usually a propane heater
* using a pool cover
* and by using solar pool heating
You are probably aware already that heating a swimming pool electrically or with gas is very costly. Accordingly many people choose not to heat the pool at all at cooler times of the year or day, thereby foregoing your potential enjoyment from your pool .
Only because it is expensive to keep it warm and usable.
Why would you invest so much in a pool and then not splash around in it for a good deal of the time? It is easier than you think, and cheaper, to use solar power energy and make your pool or outdoor spa a much more welcoming environment to savor at any time you want. A solar pool heater - or spa heater - enables you to carry over the use of your pool or outside spa into springtime and fall, chilly evenings and morning time*.
Additional rewards of solar pool heating include:
* You economize on utility bills, charged for running a conventional pool heater
* No bills for solar energy - it is free!
* You cut down on greenhouse gas emissions
Of course you are able to purchase a solar pool heater, maybe spending up to $2000. Or you can construct one yourself. For much less.
You might ask, Is a DIY solar pool heater not highly complex and pricey to build? No, rest easy, it just takes a good set of instructions and common DIY skills to make one yourself. A fourteen year-old might be able to do it.
And the cost? Well, it can really be done for the piddling sum of less than US$100.
Sure, naturally you do need a circulation pump and if that runs on mains power it will take just 15 to 20 Watts only for a 30,000 litre pool. But of course, using a solar powered pump won't even call for this use of mains power. There are solar pool heaters for various situations, and they come in whatever size. Rooftop systems lie flat on your roof and are best used for the very large pools, or you may like to look at an system, placed on the ground. The on the ground system is set up directly next to your pool with the greatest possible exposure to the sun's warmth.
It is this ground system that you could be build for under US$100. So, in choosing your solar pool heater system you need to know the size of your pool and your local weather. You do need some sunshine but good solar heaters work even on cloudy days!.
A word of warning. Do remember that heated pool water is a good breeding ground for bacterial and algal growth so you must monitor correct chlorine or salinity levels to the pool or spa water. You should obtain some expert advice about that from your local pool supplier.
Oh yes , and the pool cover. By all means use it as a passive solar top-up of your pool enjoyment. It will help you make the most of your greatly enhanced pool.
Now off you go - enjoy your swim!
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