Solar swimming pool heaters have one the shortest payback times of any alternative energy investment. in my opinion, anyone who owns a swimming pool should use free energy from the sun to heat their pool.

Since most people closer pools for the winter solar pool heating systems don’t need to be designed to operate in freezing weather. This makes them simpler and less expensive to construct. Depending on where you live, the payback time can be less than a year, meaning that the money you’ll save compared to using gas or electricity to heat your pool will pay for the solar heater within a year.

The basic design of a social pool heater hasn’t changed much from the simple solar hot water systems of the late 19th century.

As all pool owners know, pumps continually circulate the water of the swimming pool through filters and the heater. With a solar swimming pool heating system, a solar heater replaces a gas or electric heater.

Since the pumps and filters are required anyway there is little additional cost to using a solar system. In fact the solar panels are often cheaper than a gas or electric pool heater.

Solar swimming pool heaters are relatively inexpensive because the design is so simple. the principle is simply circulating the water from the pool through a long hose exposed to the sun. Commercially made systems usually have a manifold connecting a series of channels to make the heat exchange more effective but the underlying principle is the same.

A do-it-yourselfer could make a workable solar pool heater simply by coiling a long length of black plastic piping, placing it in a sunny spot and connecting it to the pool system. if you enjoy do-it-yourself projects, you could do it that way. Most pool owners use a commercially produced package.

For most of us it’s a lot more convenient to simply by a ready-made solar pool heater and connected to the existing pool water system

All pool owner should consider using a solar swimming pool heaters. It not only saves you money, it protects the environment as well. You can enjoy your pool and save the environment at the same time.