Solar Pool Heating - Free Energy from the Sun to Heat Your Pool
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by: SamReynolds | Total views: 123 | Word Count: 283
Solar swimming pool heating is more practical now than it's ever been before. Especially with the environmental concerns we have today, it should be the preferred way of pool heating.
Solar pool heating is practical because most people don't expect to use their pools in sub freezing temperature. Because of this, pool heating systems can have a much simpler design.
In essence, a contemporary solar swimming pool heater is little changed from the first solar hot water heaters of the late 1800s.
Solar swimming pool heaters require little additional equipment. Pools are ready require a circulating pump and filter. With a solar system, a solar heating panel is installed rather than a gas or electric heater.
Adding a solar heating system to a pool is relatively straightforward. The pumps and filters are already in place so all that needs to be added is the heating panel itself.
The principle of most solar pool heaters is simple. You've seen it demonstrated if you've left the garden hose full of water laying on the lawn on a sunny day. When you next turn on the hose, warm water will come out. That water was heated by the sun.
An interested do-it-yourselfer could easily make a solar hot water pool heater just by placing a long coil of plastic tubing in a sunny spot and running the pool water through it.
Most people opt for ready-made systems because they tend to look neater and don't cost that much more than just buying the materials to make one yourself.
All pool owner should consider using a solar swimming pool heaters. It not only saves you money, it protects the environment as well. You can enjoy your pool and save the environment at the same time.
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