It’s a considerable loss to own a lovely swimming pool and be unable to use it for much of the year because it’s simply too expensive to heat it during the colder months. Of course, a beautiful pool with crystal clean water can add to the ambiance of your backyard, and it gives one a very calm and soothing feeling to sit in a comfortable chair by the water.
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But it’s highly unlikely that you invested in a swimming pool solely for it’s aesthetic value, and so it’s really necessary to heat the pool all through the year in order to make full use of it.
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There are many ways to heat a pool. You can do it by means of gas or electricity, and the results will be perfect, but of course at an exorbitant cost, considering the volume of water to be heated, and especially if your pool is large.
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Under the circumstances it’s recommended that you choose an alternative system – solar pool heating, for example, can work just as well as conventional heating, and be far more economical. The most widespread solar systems for heating pools consist of solar panels, solar rings and solar covers.
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Solar panels are easy to install, and the quantity that you need to heat your pool may vary depending on the size of your pool. One usually has to invest from three to five thousand dollars in a solar pool heatingsystem. That’s quite a large amount, but don’t forget that your solar pool heating system will last for around twenty five years or more, and that you’ll be saving money for all of that time.
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Solar panels do not have any running costs, unlike gas heating systems and electric heaters. The only thing needed by a solar pool heating system is sunlight, and that’s a source of energy that will never run out, and a source of power that is absolutely free. Another nice aspect of solar pool heating is that sunlight is a non polluting energy resource, allowing you to do your bit for the environment.
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The only inconvenience of a solar pool heating system is that it doesn’t work too well on a cloudy day or when the sun isn’t shining. However, the savings when the sun is available more than make up for this. Obviously, you’ll need a backup gas or electric system if you want to use your pool all the time, but even here you still save money. However, if you only use the pool when the sun is available to heat it, your savings can be little short of incredible.
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Other things that can help you enhance your solar pool heating system are insulated holding tanks, for example, that can store excess hot water from when the sun is shining, to make it available at other times. Then there are solar rings and solar covers, which are very useful as well, in that they not only make use of the energy of the sun during the day, but will also prevent the water in the pool from evaporating at night.
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As solar technology moves into the future, applying that boundless power to our needs can only get easier, and those in the vanguard of this energy revolution are those who choose to make use of solar power today.
Article Source: buildsolar.net
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