New to the POOL scene and need heating help

[Jlrymedic]

However, with my parents' pool, years ago, a 13-15,000 gallon AG, I put a 20'x4' and 10'x4' set of flexible solar panels. They had poor sun coverage--only about 6 hours directly on the panels per day. Yet their pool, which for years had been a chilly 78 deg, was 84 deg all summer--nice and comfortable.

Carl

Does anyone have pictures of a solar setup, and maybe a supply list with instructions??? I want to put some kind of solar heat on my pool in Central Illinois, but I'm not very technical.

[wsommariva]

I have a heat pump - Rheem/Rudd. 10,400 gal inground. I like it. I also live in NJ - Northern and have lots of trees and not too much sun. We open the pool, turn on the heat pump and keep it at 77 all season. Once it heats up it rarely goes on. Hard to tell the cost since I have a 1.5 HP pump running ten hours a day.

[tnt69]

Would a Heat Pump work to heat & cool a pool? We are getting ready to install a 21x43-54" AGP & I would like to open it like late April & keep it open till some time in October. Living in Southern Illinois, we need the heat early & alittle bit late, but with long stretches of 95-100 degrees, we could also use some cool down at times too.

[FlowerPool]

Cwalker...do u have pix of your hose on the roof?

[Spensar]

When someone is posting about their experience with a heat pump, it would be great to say where you are located.

[chinewalker]

Cwalker...do u have pix of your hose on the roof?

I'll get ya one.

[chinewalker]

My solar heating consists of 250' of rubber hose on the roof. No running costs, no carbon footprint at all.

I just put a tee in the return line with a valve and hooked my hose to it. It runs back and forth on the roof then returns to the pool. The water from the hose will reach temps of nearly 140F on a hot sunny day. Even on cloudy days it can be over 100. I live in Michigan and my pool is about 86F. It could be warmer, but that's about where we like it.