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January 16th, 2010 | 
Author: Are you considering buying a swimming pool heater? A very cost effective option would be getting a pool heat pump cover. Solar heaters don't need any extra source of energy, so it will heat up your pool for free.
Solar heater for swimming pools - how does it work?
Unlike other sorts of solar powered devices, solar pool heater works rather straightforward. 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 pool through a filter that leads it into a solar collector. The water warms up in the collector then returns into the pool thru the pump.
This won't allow you to swim in January, naturally. But it will make swimming snug when the weather just turned to be too cold for a comfy 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 2 or three month. Generally speaking, on a bright day a solar heater can raise your pool water temperature by 7 to 10 degrees.
How enormous a heater is needed and how much will it cost?
The size of a pool heater you need relies on the size of your pool and the climate in your aria. For bigger pools and colder places you want bigger solar heaters. The cost of your heater is usually proportional to its size. Heaters with 2'x20' panels are the hottest. The price is about 150 greenbacks per panel. A group of 2 panels will keep an 18'-24' pool warm. For bigger pools you'll need more panels.
Installing your solar pool heater
Unlike solar water heaters, pool heaters are fairly easy to install. Each 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. Initially you'll 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 really need any upkeep. However it's critical 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 pool there will be no need to pay for energy to heat up your pool, the sun will work for you. You can also buy geothermal heat pumps and cooling for your house.
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