24' x 48" Pro Series Frame Pool how to heat in Oregon

[Watermom]

Solar panels do a great job on my pool. Especially when combined with a solar blanket to keep from losing the heat overnight that you gain during the day.

[CarlD]

If you don't have a solar blanket, that's the first thing to get. A 24' round solar cover runs from $70-$120 and WILL make a big difference. Combine that with solar panels and you can warm your pool nicely inexpensively.

Your pool is in the 13,000 gallon range. My parents had an AG pool that size and I installed a 20x4 and 10x4 solar panel for them and, with only 6 hours of direct sun, their pool went from 78 deg, max, to 84 deg, all summer. But they used a solar cover.

I heat my pool with solar and, already, today, it hit 83. But I MUST use a solar cover to insulate, especially overnight.

Carl

[jen2sons]

Thank you all so much for the advice. Sounds like the first purchase needs to be a solar cover and then a solar heater. My son and his friends braved the cold but I really just can not enjoy it too cold. We are thinking of setting it up next week so hopefully we can get a cover first at the very least. Is that different than the cover that came with our pool?

[PoolDoc]

Solar covers look like heavy duty blue bubble wrap.

[jen2sons]

I just purchased AquaQuick Above Ground Solar Pool Heater by mail not sure if it is a good one had bad and good reviews. Hopefully it will help. we have been unable to find a solar cover in our size though.

Is there a way when it arrives to get the best results from this heater? We were wondering if buying longer black hoses and maybe coiling them in the sun would help the heater make the water warmer.

[PoolDoc]

Essentially, you are asking, "If I couple my new solar water heater, to a secondary smaller, home-made, solar water heater, will I get more heating?"

This is a question I can answer with an absolutely definitive, "Maybe!"

If you
+ using enough tubing, and
+ don't screw up the flow by introducing too much pressure loss, and
+ connect everything properly,
then, you'll get a little more heat . . . if the sun is shining brightly.

[jen2sons]

LOL sounds like it might work maybe possible