Rooftop Solar Pool Heater
I made a solar water heater that heats the pool during the day. It pumps the water up to the roof, runs it through some black plastic tubing and back down in…
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I made a solar water heater that heats the pool during the day. It pumps the water up to the roof, runs it through some black plastic tubing and back down in…
Use a GFCI outlet for SAFETY.
Better yet use a DC pump using a solar cell. No timer would be needed and it is 100% safe. Check amazon.com. I used one for my pool and I could increase the temperature 10 deg in a good day with my pool covered by a roof.
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Frissen alistar
October 17, 2013 at 5:16 am
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EDWIN STAN
October 17, 2013 at 5:26 am
You sure could, but that means that the main pool pump would have to be on when it’s sunny. Pool pumps can be power hogs and our day rate for electricity was pretty high. It was more economical to only use the little pumps during the day, and let the filtration happen at night when the price/kWh plummeted.
Daniel Busby
October 17, 2013 at 6:00 am
Couldn’t you have just used the pressure from the pools pump instead of running those little pumps.
SCJMO
October 17, 2013 at 6:41 am
In general you’re correct. I was also afraid of that being an issue. But, it seems the heated water dissipates over a very short distance in the pool. The water temp near the inlet of the water pump is less than a degree warmer than the rest of the pool, so it doesn’t seem to be a big issue, as far as efficiency.
Daniel Busby
October 17, 2013 at 7:17 am
You should consider better separation between the intake and outtake. You’re just sucking back in the heated water.
gtownb
October 17, 2013 at 8:06 am
Awesome! My friend made a similar black tube pipe heater, and it worked great as well. I should’ve linked to his posts. I’ll change the description to add it!
Daniel Busby
October 17, 2013 at 8:37 am
I did same thing but I used 1500 feet of black plastic garden pipe from home depot cost about 90$ total. I have an above ground pool 10×20 and in 2 days got pool to 90. Also I live in Oregon with little Sun.
cubbiotti1980
October 17, 2013 at 9:04 am