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July 19, 2009

How to use solar panels to heat a swimming pool

To heat your swimming pool, you can use a combination of solar pool collectors and thermal arrays.

Thermal arrays can be used to heat water tanks,. These panels collect the sun’s heat. The heat is then run through a piping system inside that’s filled with water or antifreeze.
Thermal pool covers or solar collector are made of special solar rings that can heat the pool’s temperature five degrees. Solar collectors pump the pool water through a piping system like that of the thermal array. The water absorbs the heat and is returned to the pool 10 degrees hotter.

With a combination of both thermal pool covers and thermal arrays, a pool can be heated 15 degrees.