can my pump work if i want to add on my shelter (8 foot high) 100ft pvc tubbing?
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Can this work with my Pool?
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n240sxguy
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Yes i want to build a solars heater system for my pool and i want to install the tubing on the roof
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It is much cheaper and more efficient to buy the commercial solar heating mats. Solar heating is about exposure to the sun and high flow rates and that is best done with a mat.
Trying to force the water through a long small tube is going result in a lot of head loss and very little heat gain.
Trying to force the water through a long small tube is going result in a lot of head loss and very little heat gain.
But i want to spend max 100$ and does my pump can push the water to the top of my shelter and sfter in the heating mat?
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Do you hva some model to refer me please?
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Do you hva some model to refer me please?
There are inexpensive mats all over Ebay. Would you rather spend $100 and the effort to put some tubes up and have it not really make a difference?
Honestly the Intex pumps are pretty weak, so I am not sure if it could support a solar system on the shed. It probably could if you left the mats on the ground.
Honestly the Intex pumps are pretty weak, so I am not sure if it could support a solar system on the shed. It probably could if you left the mats on the ground.
Oooo ok and if i leave it on the ground can it heat the pool the same as if it was on a roof?
Sure as long as the sun is shining on them, you may get a little less heating just because the ground / grass is cooler than the shingles.
Is it only the sun who heat the water can i pass my pvc pipe in my shelter if in the summer its getting very hot?
Or its like doing nothing?
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Or its like doing nothing?
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How much of a temperature increase are you expecting to get? I dont think these panels are going to make that much of a difference. I am sure your nights get pretty cold similar or moreso then chicago even where I am.
Yes its look like chicago but i just want to have more than 64f lol i want like 78 -80f
f3justusc
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Are you using a solar cover? The best thing you can do while trying to decide on solar panels is to get a solar cover to help reduce the nighttime heat loss.
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Jeffchap, we were typing at the same time. I just had to split my attention with the kids in the pool. Lol
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Jeffchap, we were typing at the same time. I just had to split my attention with the kids in the pool. Lol
f3justusc
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Good to hear. That should help a lot. Beyond that, I would suggest you buy panels. Search around, you can find them relatively inexpensive and they also show up on Craigslist.
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at 18 foot your surface area is 324 sq feet, to raise your temp with solar panels you would need 75 to 100% surface area of your pool. You would have to buy 4 to 8, 2x20 foot solar panels to reach 50 to 100% of your surface area.. your talking 900 for half the surface area of your pool just for panels, and those are the cheap ones that you will have to replace within 5 years.... the nice ones that will last will cost 3000 to 6000 dollars.. if that's not enough you will probably need a new pump setup to make solar panels work unless you place them on the ground.. if you really want or need them get some good ones.. I did a lot of research and decided to go with a 16 mil clear solar cover with reel..