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Solar Pool Panels Using Solar Panels to Heat Your Pool You can use a solar pool panel to not only heat your pool, but to run all of the necessary electrical equipment needed to keep your pool in top working order. Solar pool heating can save you a lot of money, because the system is self sufficient and doesn't draw from your home's power supply. The system itself is pretty simple, and can be made yourself. With a little time, the right tools, and a complete kit, you can have your pool heater up and running in just a short amount of time. The principle behind solar pool heating is pretty simple. The solar pool panel is different than a regular solar panel because instead of using photovoltaic cells to collect the sun's energy and converting it into electrical power, these panels have a series of pipes running through them. The panel faces the sun, and the water that pumps through the pool's filtration system is also pumped through the pipes in the panels. As it flows through, the energy from the sun heats up the water, and it is circulated back into the pool. There is of course some things you have to factor in when putting these panels in place. First thing you need to take into consideration is the solar pool panel itself. How warm you water is going to be when using solar pool heating depends on how big the pool is. If you have a larger pool, more panels, or larger ones are going to be needed to sufficiently raise the ambient temperature. Then there is your pump and filter system. The faster the water pumps through the panels, the slower it is going to heat up, and vise versa. There are some ways to get around this without putting in an extra solar pool panel. Your solar pool heating system can be improved by recirculating the water through the panels more than one time before going back into the actual pool. This can be done with the use of a thicker panel, with more piping. It can also be done by using a one way valve. When to water comes out of the panel, it is channeled back and around the outside of the panels and a one way valve opens and forces the water back through the panels. You can regulate how many times it does this before returning to the pool. A solar pool panel can help in other ways. You have your solar pool heating panels, and you can also use solar electrical panels to power all of the electrical aspects of your pool as well, including the pumps, the filtration system, and any accessory lights you may have. You can the electrical panels as far away as you need too, but the heating panels should be as close to the pool as possible in order to get the pool the right temperature as quickly as possible. There are many different kits for making a solar pool panel, for solar pool heating, as well as DIY kits for other solar projects. Most of them are fairly reasonably priced, and can be made from basic materials found at any hardware store.
Jo R , from http://www.africanenergies.com |
