- Raise your water temperature 10° to 15° without costly fuel bills
- System heats water and transfers it to your pool
- Do-it-yourself instructions and connecting hardware included
- Environmentally friendly – no burning of fossil fuels
Product Description
Do you consider turning off your swimming pool’s gas heating system every time your fuel bill arrives? You’ll never have to settle for a shockingly cold pool or through-the-roof fuel bills again with the Solar Pool Heating System, an affordable, easy-to-install heating system that uses the sun’s rays to heat your pool to a comfortable temperature. This environmentally friendly system is designed to raise the temperature of your pool from 10° to 15° – without burning fossil fuels or contributing to air pollution!Due to excessive weight, Smarthome will add a heavy-item shipping charge to this item. This charge will be reflected in the shipping amount on the check-out page.
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I was excited to find this product as a cheap alternative to a pricy gas heater, and bought it. The price was cheap enough, but then I spent the same amount again buying a bunch of diverter valves and plastic hoses, so I could divert water from filter through the SunHeater when the sun was shining, and bypass at night and when overcast. I even built a home-made 20 foot stand out of 2×4′s so it wouldn’t just sit on the ground and would have a better angle to collect the sun. I didn’t have any problems with the product itself, but I live near Boston, MA, and it’s just not a very sunny part of the U.S. Couple that with my back yard having trees near my pool so even if it is a sunny day, sun won’t hit my backyard until around 10:30am, it just never warmed the water enough for me. I have it connected to my 15 foot above ground 4 foot high pool, so I think one panel should have been enough. I ended up with hoses all over the ground and diverter valves hanging with bunji cords off the sides of the pool and filter, a huge 20 foot panel on a home made 2×4 bed, and just no where enough sun hitting the panel for me in my area. I am going to bite the bullet and pay around $600 for an LP gas heater this year. This way I can guarantee when I have a birthday party or cookout with kids coming over, I will know cloudy or whatever, that my pool will be warm enough for everyone to take a dip. After all, as a scardy-cat adult I only go in when the water temp is 80+ and without a heater in my area with my backyard I am lucky if this happens ONCE the entire summer where I can catch a dip.
Amazon User Rating: 3 / 5