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Originally Posted by PJ_Smiley
Solar to generate electric (solar panels) and solar to heat pools are totally different systems. The solar pool heater is in effect a water pipe and bag system that lays on the roof and water moves across the roof to absorb the heat from the sun. The system is black since black absorbs most of the sun's rays. There is no electrical generation with solar pool heater and no electrical storage. As the pool water is pumped and filtered, the water is heated on the roof and pumped back into the pool.
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Thank You PJ, that's exactly right. The problem is, we are only here in the winter and found out that solar pool heaters don't work good in the winter, which is the only time we are here. We are now getting a gas heater to supplement the solar. $$$$