Are you thinking about buying a swimming pool heater? A very cost effective option
would be getting a solar heater for swimming pool. Solar heaters don't require
any additional source of energy, so it will heat up your pool for free.
Solar heater for swimming pools - how does it work?
Unlike other types of solar powered devices, solar pool heater works rather
simple. Solar panels collect heat from the sun. They are typically installed
on your roof or next to the pool. A pump forces water from your swimming pool
through a filter that leads it into a solar collector. The water heats up in
the collector then returns into the pool through the pump.
This won't allow you to swim in January, of course. But it will make swimming
comfortable when the weather just turned to be too cold for a comfortable swim.
In climates with cold winter, installing a swimming pool heater can bring your
swimming season up to five, six month a year, when without it you would only
swim two or three month. Generally speaking, on a sunny day a solar heater can
raise your pool water temperature by 7 to 10 degrees.
How big a heater is needed and how much will it cost?
The size of a swimming pool heater you need depends on the size of your pool
and the climate in your aria. For bigger pools and colder places you need bigger
solar heaters. The price of your heater is usually proportionate to its size.
Heaters with 2'x20' panels are the most popular. The price is about 150 dollars
per panel. A set of two panels will keep an 18'-24' pool warm. For bigger pools
you will need more panels.
Installing your solar pool heater
Unlike solar water heaters, pool heaters are fairly easy to install. Every
set should come with instructions. First you connect the panels to a pump. Than
place the panels where the sun can heat them up. You can mount the panels to
your roof or position them by the pool using frames available from the dealer.
At first you will notice that the panels get very hot, but after a few minutes
they will cool down.
Maintaining your solar heater for swimming pool
Your heater doesn't actually require any maintenance. However it is important
to keep balanced water chemistry. Also check the filter once in a while to assure
that it is working properly.
Getting a solar heater for your pool makes much more sense than getting any
other type of pool heater including gas and electric heaters. After you install
your solar heater for swimming pool there will be no need to pay for energy
to heat up your pool, the sun will work for you.
Tanya Turner is a publisher of
Heaters Buying Guide which provides you with information about and comparison of best solar heaters including
solar heaters for swimming pools
