Solar pool heating

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Solar pool heating provides cost-effective temperature control which can easily extend a traditional pool season by two months, often more. The effectiveness of such a system largely depends upon the amount and type of solar heating panels from which the system draws heat.

One of the concerns that some people have is whether or not a solar energy system can effectively heat a pool, even on a day that is cloudy. This is, of course, important because the cloudy days are when the pool most needs heat.

What few realize is that there is a difference between sunlight and solar radiation. As long as solar radiation exists, the panels can collect and make energy. Solar radiation exists at any time when there is daylight. There does not necessarily have to be direct rays of the sun, but as long as the sun is out – even if it is behind clouds – solar radiation exists.

However, direct sunlight is necessary for the solar pool heating system to work at maximum capacity. If there is not a lot of direct sunlight, or if there are many cloudy days, the situation may be combated by installing extra panels.

Because each panel can only collect and process so much energy at a time, if a pool does not have many panels to work with, it may not heat as well as the owner would hope. Adding a couple of extra panels could greatly increase the system’s capability to heat.

If buying more panels is not an option, solar pool heating can often be greatly improved with a pool cover. Most of the heat that the solar energy system produces is lost due to evaporation. This evaporation can be stopped by using a cover. Also there are some cover styles that not only trap the heat in, but create more heat which provides extra heating for the pool.

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