| Swimming pool solar heating is a usable choice | | | | efficient assimilation of heat in the coldest months |
| option to keeping your pool warm throughout the | | | | of the year, when you want the energy most of |
| year. It relies upon the method of heating water | | | | all. |
| through a sequence of solar panels which are | | | | But what happens on really hot days? Does this |
| exposed to daylight, and absorb the heat. It isn't | | | | water continue to heat up until the pool is |
| primarily not based on photoelectric cells which | | | | distressingly hot or dangerously hot? No, the solar |
| generate electrical energy from daylight, instead | | | | system has a thermostatic controller which |
| it's a more direct conversion of heat in sunlight to | | | | makes sure the temperature of the pool does |
| heat in water. | | | | not go too high. It might definitely stop freezing, |
| The water is fed through the solar cells by the | | | | but to get nicely warm water in the wintertime |
| swimming pool pump. The solar panels can be | | | | months you may need to help your solar energy |
| installed on the roof of your place, or they can | | | | panels with a more conventional heater such as a |
| essentially be installed at ground zero in a bracket. | | | | gas powered heater. However, the solar powered |
| The roof level panels are out of the way and not | | | | system would definitely pay for itself because it is |
| taking up any space in your garden, but the | | | | so much cheaper to run than the gas heater, |
| water may need a booster pump to help it battle | | | | which will only need to be used now and then. |
| against gravity on the way up. Either way you'll | | | | Whichever route you used to heat your pool, you |
| need to angle your solar energy panels so that | | | | must definitely get a pool cover and use it to |
| they face the sun properly for your latitude. In | | | | keep heat in when the pool is not in use. The bulk |
| the northwards hemisphere, this implies that your | | | | of the heat that is lost from the swimming pool |
| panels meet face to the south. In the southern | | | | system is lost from the outside of the pool itself. |
| hemisphere it's the other way round. | | | | Using a cover to preserve the heat can halve |
| Doing this means that you get the maximum | | | | your heating bills!. |