Pool Solar Heater
Pool Solar Heater
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I see most of the threads here are real problems from work related issues so I thought I would post something a little unusual to stimulate your creative thoughts.
I want to build a solar heater for my pool and wanted to see if any of you had a low cost approach. The direction I'm think about going is to use PVC tubing and a low volume solar powered pump.
Anyone have suggestions?
I want to build a solar heater for my pool and wanted to see if any of you had a low cost approach. The direction I'm think about going is to use PVC tubing and a low volume solar powered pump.
Anyone have suggestions?





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Keeps temps up over night and left on during day seems to magnify rays into the water.
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ISTR about 300 feet of 3/4" black polyethylene pipe coiled on a roof, and fed by part of the return flow from the pool filter should make a difference.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
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B.E.
The good engineer does not need to memorize every formula; he just needs to know where he can find them when he needs them. Old professor
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I wish I would have thought of that when I had a pool!!!!
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However, I just priced these while I was looking for a new pool heater. The prices are pretty low now so I didn't see any benefit in building my own, other than it would be fun. I bought natural gas instead since I am set up for it and I don't want to trim grass around one more thing.
The cheapest home made unit I ever seen was a piece of 4 x 8 plywood painted with black paint.
Plywood sides 6-inches high, painted black. So a black box made of plywood.
Cut up sections of 4-inch diameter PVC Pipe, 6 inches long, glued to the Plywood in a honeycomb pattern, with about 1/2-inch spacing between Pipes.
Paint them black too.
Then, a piece of clear plastic sheet, like polycarbonate or plexiglass glued to the top.
The Plexiglass and the PVC pipes also have to be silicone glued so that the inside of the pipes are dry. The sun heats up the air inside the pipes, the water flows around the pipes inside the box. The more pipes you can put in, the more surface area you have.
Also, the same concept, only a black hose coiled up inside the box, then you don't have to glue the plexiglass. A plexiglass box gets really hot in the sun.
Water goes in at one side and out the other side, or top to bottom, or bottom to top...
Charlie
www.facsco.com
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Knowing now what I didn't know then, I suspect that you'd have to spike it occasionally with anti-bacterial / anti-algae solution to avoid buildup.
TygerDawg
Blue Technik LLC
Virtuoso Robotics Engineering
www.bluetechnik.com
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What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
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