OU Pool heater?

[buzneg]

Google "kw to heat pool"
a see below for info.

http://www.poolstore.co.uk/shopscr486.html

Is this just one product/company?

[Yucca]

Hi buzneg,

I've built my own solar pool heater for ?70 in parts, I've clocked it at 12KW in the hottest part of summer, and it always gives more than 1KW all year round. This heater gives my 60m3 pool a 2degC lift in the summer months here in spain, it doesn't sound much but it prolongs our swimming season from 3 months to almost four months. The design is great for hot tubs and manages to mantain 35+degC all year round on a 1m3 insulated tub.

[Yucca]

My last post I mentioned it increases swinning to almost 4 months, well it's more like easily 4 months. So it's adding 2 weeks to the shoulder periods of the swimming season.

The tube is 10mm black plastic irrigation pipe, good for 10 - 20 yrs in bright sunlight.

This is as good as free energy when you consider that <100? expediture gives you 10yr+ (more like 20yrs) of free heat, or with this system approximately 100,000 KWh of energy. At 5c per KWh, that's over ?5000 worth.

I am currently in the process of getting the stuff together for a solar hot water system, 5 kw panel with 100l insulated storage for nightime use, these are great systems capable of easily delivering 60degC water all year round. and enable you to eliminate electric water heating costs. You only need a few car radiators from a scrapyard underneath a large sheet of glass in a frame and an insulated water tank. The tank sits above the panel and a circulating flow happens without a pump as the hot water rises into the tank which in turn forces the cooler water back round to the heating panel. I expect to be paying <?100 in bits for this one too.

[Steven Dufresne]

Google "kw to heat pool"
a see below for info.

http://www.poolstore.co.uk/shopscr486.html

Is this just one product/company?

I'm not sure what you're asking here. There are many companies that make solar pool heating systems. Here are two that I've installed the most as a solar contractor:
http://technosolis.com/
http://enersol.com/
If you're asking about calculations. Each company has it's own calculators on their website.
http://technosolis.com/panelcalculator.htm
http://www.enersol.com/content/view/18/44/
And for more information, I've tried to put as much as I know here:
http://rimstar.org/renewnrg/solarpool.htm
-Steve
http://rimstar.org

[buzneg]

I didn't know these heat pumps were solar, and didn't read it anywhere.