Solar Panel Pool Heater

Anna Said:

How can I build a cheap solar powered pool heater?

We Answered:

Black rubber water hoses or black plastic pipe coiled tight in the sun on black plastic tarp with a fractional horsepower pump and a check valve to hold a prime on the pump is as basic as you can get and it works. You cant get a solar panel very cheap thes days but there are lots on the market. the thing that gives you more heat to be enough to do the job is more collector surface on your solar collector. (more black hose, more plastic surface, and more gallons of water circulating from the pool , through the coils of sun heated tubes and back into the pool.
That's as simple as i can get for now. Re-search the web for solar panels. and look to Honeywell for solar controls.

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