First off, this is a great site. I have spent many hours reading various articles. Planning an 18' above ground and I hate a cold pool....
I want to maximize the pool temp using only the sun. I have space on my roof for a 11.5' diameter collector of some sort. Leaning towards poly pipe. Before I looked into pool hydraulics I planned on running the entire flow from the pump through the collector and back to the pool. It is roughly 60' each way from the pool to the collector. (That includes 15' up to the 1.5 story roof.) I was thinking do 4-1/2" lines to the collector coil those until I reach my maximum diameter (11.5') and then return 4-1/2" pipes back to the pool. There would be no connections anywhere in the lines except compression at each end to eliminate a bottle neck. After reading the excellent articles by MAS985 it appears I'd need 10-1/2" pipes each way to the collector(insert big eye emoji).... What are your thoughts? Any help or suggestions are appreciated!
I want to maximize the pool temp using only the sun. I have space on my roof for a 11.5' diameter collector of some sort. Leaning towards poly pipe. Before I looked into pool hydraulics I planned on running the entire flow from the pump through the collector and back to the pool. It is roughly 60' each way from the pool to the collector. (That includes 15' up to the 1.5 story roof.) I was thinking do 4-1/2" lines to the collector coil those until I reach my maximum diameter (11.5') and then return 4-1/2" pipes back to the pool. There would be no connections anywhere in the lines except compression at each end to eliminate a bottle neck. After reading the excellent articles by MAS985 it appears I'd need 10-1/2" pipes each way to the collector(insert big eye emoji).... What are your thoughts? Any help or suggestions are appreciated!