have a 13,500 gallon AG pool I installed last year. All has gone really well, with the advice from a member here. I’d now like to raise the temperature of the pool a few degrees. Last year, in the middle of the summer, from July thru August, the pool stayed in the mid to high 70’s on average. The high 70’s was fine, but it would be nice to get it a bit higher on average. I have older copper solar collectors, fully glazed that I’m not using. Each panel is about 4’ by 8’, (perhaps a little less) so in total I have reasonably high quality collectors available for free that have a surface area of about 120 square feet. My pool currently is not a salt pool, I use a chlorine injector. (I’m off the grid so opted to go this way to save power).
My question is, can I use these older copper collectors to heat, or help heat my pool, without experiencing problems with the copper metal in the system? I know I could get new “poly” or some synthetic panels that would have no reaction, but wondered if using the copper panels was bad? Any thoughts?
My question is, can I use these older copper collectors to heat, or help heat my pool, without experiencing problems with the copper metal in the system? I know I could get new “poly” or some synthetic panels that would have no reaction, but wondered if using the copper panels was bad? Any thoughts?