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Originally Posted by bdrybob
We recently purchased a solar pool heater from Solar Trek, Inc. out of Ocala. They lead us to believe it would keep our pool warm year round. SURPRISE, it doesn't work good in the winter, the only time we are in FL.
We then found out they didn't get the permit required for this work. We also discovered that they had not attached to the roof properly. The Sumter County inspector made them come back, and they had to reinstall nearly the whole system. SURPRISE, they did it wrong a second time! Now they want to patch all the old holes they left in our 3-year-old roof. Never ending saga. DON'T USE THIS COMPANY!
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much like the engineer said.... but with additional Florida input. Solar works easily to keep a pool at 92 year round DEPENDING ON LOCATION. For this area I really wouldn't lean on solar on the coast yes but not "up north" here. Also what it does to your roof... yeesh.
Propane heaters work the quickest. Electric for the average Florida pool can take over a day to get it up to temp meaning recovery from a 33 degree night will take a long while. We have considered electric heaters a waste of money since once a pool goes in the electric bill goes up, electric heater (the one time we tried it) added another $200 to the already high electric bill.
Just some food for thought.