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Originally Posted by Janicepyatt
A few questions about Solar Heating for the Pool:
1) Is it worth doing?
2) Issues?
3) A local contractor they could recommend - OR not recommend?
Jack's Solar?
Fun in the Sun?
Thanks in advance.
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We put in solar heat for our pool. Worth it? Yes.
Issues? Not but a couple. Valve stuck once and leak in link between panels once. Things can happen with any system, but solar provides a lot of "free"heat. Yes, you pay for panels, which is the solar equivalent of a water heater. The solar heat is free, unlike the gas or electricity to operate the heater.
One thing that folks don't always seem to understand is that solar only works when the sun is shining. Once the sun starts going down the pool temp will begin to drop. If you want to get up at o-dark thirty for an early swim, the pool temp will not be as warm as yesterday at 3 pm. If you want to swim year round, you may need a water heater to supply help for times solar is not up to the task.
For us, we use our solar only pool February into November. There have been very warm sunny days in December and January when we have used the pool.
Solar lights and More is the company that did our installation. We are using Tri-County pool and spa to service our pool.