Have you ever had the urge to take
a dip in your swimming pool on a chilly evening? You could be looking for some
exercise or simply feeling like taking a relaxing swim. You dip a toe in the
water just to check its temperature. But the cold water disappoints you and
forces you to abandon any hope of swimming that evening. The question that
comes to your mind immediately is how do you get the water warm enough for a
swim? You could use a gas or electric heater, but the most cost-effective
solution is solar pool heating.
Mechanism:
The
use of solar panels for heating up your pool has a very simple mechanism. All
you need is a solar panel and few tubes. The flat solar panels are placed on
the roof or near the pool. These panels absorb energy from the sunlight and get
heated up. Next, the water from the pool is passed through the panels where
they absorb the heat from the panels. This heated water returns to the pool to
complete the process of solar pool heating.
The
size and type of solar collectors required to heat up your pool depend on
various factors. The major factor among them is the size of your pool.
Generally, it is best to use a solar panel that is larger than 50% of your
pool’s surface area. Also, the time required for the entire pool to get warm depends
on both, the size of solar panels used and the environmental temperature.
Advantages of Solar Heating:
The
main advantage of using solar panels to heat up your pool is that it’s a great
way to reduce your bills. Solar panels use sunlight instead of electricity or
gas; hence they provide a very cheap solution. Moreover, sunlight is a
renewable source of energy. Thus it’s an Eco-friendly way of heating up your
pool.
Another
major advantage of installing solar panels is that they can also be used to cool
the pool in the summers. This can be done by using the solar panels as
radiators instead of solar collectors. The water is circulated in the system in
order for it to cool off. This cool water is sent back to the pool to reduce
its temperature.
