If have a pool or are thinking of installing one, you’ll soon understand how expensive it is to keep the pool warm and the family happy. But this happiness comes at a price and a relatively high price at that. However there is an alternative method of heating your pool and keeping the family happy, the answer is solar energy.
When the term solar energy is brought up in conversation many people believe it takes a great deal of skill and money to install and operate a solar energy system that converts the sun’s energy into solar power. However, solar power systems can be build, installed and run by the average person at a completely cost effective price, less than a couple of hundred dollars.
Installing a solar heating system to your pool is a great way to ensure you early morning dip is comfortable, cheap and relaxing. Unless you live in a tropical climate where the temperature never drops, it’s more than likely that you’ve said or had someone say ‘it’s to cold to go for a swim’. Installing a solar heating system is a great way to ensure everyone gets the most out of the family pool.
Of course there are many alternatives to solar heating available on the market. Including pool covers, however their prime objective is to maintain the pools temperature, not heat the pool. Another alternative is gas heating, except the cost of running a gas heating system is very expensive. The major reason many pool owners opt for gas eating is that the small initial investment required to have a gas heating system, however the long term running cost of the system far outweighs all other alternative to heating your pool.
Solar energy systems are a great heating alternative; they are easily installed normally on the house roof where the most direct sunlight is available. The water stored in tubes behind the solar panel is the pool water, the sunlight is absorbed by the panels and the pool water continues to run through the heated tubes, resulting in a heated pool. The solar hot water returns through the pool filter system which is ejected back into the pool and circulates throughout the pool.
Although the cost of a solar pool system can be expensive at first, it’s the cheapest pool heating invest in the long run and their initial cost pays for itself over a couple of years, given the minimal cost to run the solar heating system.
In addition the solar power system saves on your electricity bills and you continue to have a heated pool for all the family to enjoy.
