Hello all.. it's been a long cold winter! Trying to decide on brand and style for solar collectors to make my wife .
Most seem to be a 1.5" footer pipe, pushing the water up capillary tubing, into a 1.5" header pipe for return to pool.
My pool has 600 sqft surface area so to target around 50% I would need 300 sqft of solar collection. My pool stayed about 78-82 deg through Jun-Aug last year, and I was hoping this would add a couple weeks to the shoulders of the season as well as bump it up to the 85-87 area.
:?: Question: It is very hard to find reviews on different brands of these collectors. I have been able to find 4 or 5 different brands that all look like about the same thing.
What do people have out there? What has not worked well?
Cheers, Josh
Most seem to be a 1.5" footer pipe, pushing the water up capillary tubing, into a 1.5" header pipe for return to pool.
My pool has 600 sqft surface area so to target around 50% I would need 300 sqft of solar collection. My pool stayed about 78-82 deg through Jun-Aug last year, and I was hoping this would add a couple weeks to the shoulders of the season as well as bump it up to the 85-87 area.
:?: Question: It is very hard to find reviews on different brands of these collectors. I have been able to find 4 or 5 different brands that all look like about the same thing.
What do people have out there? What has not worked well?
Cheers, Josh