Solar pool heaters can be a great long-term investment, but the buying process can feel intimidating. Don't worry. All it takes. Is some careful planning and a little research to find the right solar heater setup for your pool check it out.

First, how does a solar pool heater? Actually work well when water is pumped from your swimming pool through your filter system and back the water passes through a group of solar collectors. Warming it up. There are pros and cons to using a solar pool heater for one thing: they're expensive and can cost between three thousand and four thousand dollars to buy and install. But they'll save you energy and money over the long run and they can last up to 15 to 20 years, which is longer than gas or heat pumps.

But remember, solar heater is only as good as the amount of sun you get okay. What do you need for a solar, heater setup? First you'll need a solar collector. This warms the pool as it circulates through and you've got two options: unglazed collectors which are heavy duty, rubber or plastic panels, they're treated with an ultraviolet light inhibitor to protect them from damage, and you have glaze collectors which use copper tubing on an aluminum plate and Have iron tempered glass covering they're, more expensive but they're, also more durable, so cheaper unglazed panels can save you money up front, but they require more maintenance in the long run. Next you'll need a lot of space in your yard or on your roof.

The surface area of your solar collector should equal about 75 of your swimming pool's total surface area. This is called the three-quarter rule. If you keep your pool open, year-round bump that up to 100, for example, if you have a 16 by 32 pool, that's open part of the ear. You'll need about 384 square feet of solar collectors to keep your pool and then finally, you've got to have the right setup.

You'll need a pool filter which removes debris before it's pumped through your solar collector. Of course, you'll need a pump. The solar collectors are big. They need a powerful pump, and so you might need to upgrade your existing pump to a larger one and finally, you'll need a flow control valve and this valve diverts pool water through your solar collector for warmth, real quick before we continue.

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If you're in the northern hemisphere, your solar collector should face south, where you'll get the most sun and depending on where you live, you may be able to face it up to 45 degrees, east or west. The other factor is tilt or the angle of the panels. This depends on your latitude or how far you are from the equator and how long you keep your pool open each year. The further away you are from the equator, the more you'll want to tilt your collectors up.

The third factor is your location's available sunlight? How much sun does your backyard get in a day or a week or a pool season? If you're building on an unshaded south facing area you're good to go, you can compensate for less sunlight with a higher efficiency system. Okay, now it's time to go shopping for a solar collector. What should you look for? You'll want to pay attention to its thermal performance rating. These are in btus per day, or british thermal units or mjs per day or megajoules.

High efficiency systems not only produce more power, but they also need fewer panels systems within 25 btus a day of one another are roughly the same. If you know the price and efficiency of the models, you're, considering you can calculate how much energy the solar collector will produce for every dollar you spend, for example, if you know that you need 21 000 btus a day, each collector panel costs about 387. You get 54.26 btus per day per dollar spent. It takes a little math once you know the numbers you can shop for the biggest bang for your buck and start soaking up the sun, and that's it.

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