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    Anyone have any experience with these..

    I have an 18' x 48" above ground pool...

    And someone on Ebay that has a very good reputation is selling a lot of these... 2 2x20' panels

    Not sure if my pump on my intex will be strong enough.. But It shouldn't be too much of a problem...

    Just need to figure out where I will place them...


    Thanks

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    I bought the sun grabber system from ebay (probaly from the same seller). I went with them because of their design. I got them at the end of winter so was able to get them for $116 shipped.

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    MaxxFusion,

    So how is it working for you...

    I live in Mechanicsburg which is about 30 minutes west of Columbus, OH..

    It's probably been colder up in your area....

    I just have a small above ground 18' x 4'... So I am debating how it will look and fit around the pool...



    Thanks for the info..


    Dave

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    I had an Intex 15'x3' and used a 10x4 panel on it with no trouble. I just routed all of the return water through it. I did have to valve it down a little to keep up the return water velocity, but only a little. And it worked GREAT!
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    Unfortanatly I have not installed it yest. I have been working on my deck and my pool deck but that is next on the list. I have have my solar cover reel to install.

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    I have the Sun Grabbers that I bought on ebay. We hooked them up temporary on the ground. I bought 5 kits so I had 10 separate 2ft x 20 panels. With my 1hp pump on low they worked great. Brought my pool up from 80 degrees to 86 in one day. Did not put the solar cover on at night and lost 4 degrees. Used the solar cover and kept the warmth in over night. To day I am putting them on the roof so I disconnected them. If you use them on the ground and just have a few you hook them up only on one end. If you are going to put them on the roof and use them like for an ingorund pool, you have to knock the dirverter our of the inlet side with a broom handle or wooden dowel and then you hook up both ends just like all the other inground systems. I knocked out all the dirvirters and got them on the roof but have not hooked them back up yet. I moved my pump and I am adding a 300 lb sand filter to my 150 cartridge filter. I should have them working by Tuesday.

    But just laying on the ground they worked great on low speed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BullDean
    Anyone have any experience with these..

    I have an 18' x 48" above ground pool...

    And someone on Ebay that has a very good reputation is selling a lot of these... 2 2x20' panels

    Not sure if my pump on my intex will be strong enough.. But It shouldn't be too much of a problem...

    Just need to figure out where I will place them...


    Thanks
    I installed my Sungrabber panels this weekend. I am quite pleased with them. I have them laying flat on the ground for now but I want to build a rack to mount them. I also want to hard pipe them in.

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