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Solar Swimming Pool Heating
 Swimming
pool collectors are designed for outdoor pools. In most of the country outdoor
pools are used six to nine months of the year. Pool collectors are normally
made of polypropylene, a high temperature plastic that can consistently operate
in the 200°F range. The collectors are black in color and should normally
keep a pool in the 80°F range throughout the pool season. The same pump
that filters the pool is used to circulate pool water through the collectors.
A quick rule of thumb for pool design sizing is one square foot of collector
surface area to every 1 to 2 square feet of pool surface area, depending on
your climate. This can give you a good idea of how large a pool system is required.
You will need more collector surface area if your pool is left uncovered, especially
in the spring and fall. The pool collectors should face within 30° of true
south and are tilted at an angle of latitude minus 15° from horizontal.
Virtually all of the pool systems we install today use a simple mechanical timer
to control the pump. You simply filter and heat the pool during daylight hours.
Outdoor pool systems probably have one of the quickest returns on your investment
of any solar energy equipment. In most cases it is simply foolish not to consider
heating an outdoor swimming pool with solar energy.
Our collectors have been successfully heating pools since 1976. They have been
engineered as a completely integrated system to exacting specifications and
quality control to provide you with extended trouble free performance. Our systems
contain superior components, including stainless steel hardware for greater
strength. They are the only solar collectors to ever survive a 23 year life
expectancy test in the Arizona desert. Made in the U.S.A. and constructed of
specially formulated polymer compounds.
Check out how easy the installation is with this brief 12 page manual. Solar
pool heating systems are the most owner installed solar product in the world.
Solar Heating System for Swimming Pools - Installation
Manual
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