Tonight we hit 80 Degrees!

[CarlD]

After a cold, rainy spring, and lots of illness, our solar panels brought our pool from 61 degrees 3 or 4 days ago to 78, then 80 degrees this afternoon and early evening!

We normally start swimming in early May and swim the whole month--the solar panels warm it up SO nicely. This is the first year in many that we weren't swimming before Memorial Day, but at least we made it today!

My next door neighbors are just starting their gas heater--meanwhile the water is 68-70 and their part-penguin kids are in it, playing!

But it's nice to have it open, running and SWIMMING!

[BigStein]

Pretty sweet. We have been at 82 for a few weeks thanks to the heat pump but the holiday weekend provided the best swimming weather of the season so far (especially yesterday). Tons of sun and swimming fun up here in NH the last two days. Enjoy the summer.

[Poconos]

Bah...woke up this morning and the deck thermometer was at 38. Yes...thirty eight. This is 26 May????
Might have to south to find a warm pool.
Al

[CarlD]

Bah...woke up this morning and the deck thermometer was at 38. Yes...thirty eight. This is 26 May????
Might have to south to find a warm pool.
Al

Either that or burn a lot of dead dinosaurs!

[aylad]

Might have to south to find a warm pool.
Al

I've been suggesting that for years..............

Janet

[Watermom]

I've been suggesting it to him, too, but apparently he likes living in the North Pole with Santa Claus.

[Poconos]

That's OK. I'll get my Summer weekend yet. Peeked at the thermometer on my deck this morning and it was 30. Not a typo...Thirty degrees. If I could upload pics I'd show it and a pic of the frosty lawn.
Al

[Watermom]

Yeah, you'll eventually get summer --- all two weeks of it! No thanks. I prefer to be south of the mason-dixon line.

[Water_man]

That's OK. I'll get my Summer weekend yet. Peeked at the thermometer on my deck this morning and it was 30. Not a typo...Thirty degrees. If I could upload pics I'd show it and a pic of the frosty lawn.
Al

It's easy to upload pics. First you open a free account at a host site. MediaFire is good, and was recommended by PC World. You upload the pic file to the host site and then you link it here, using "insert image".

[Water_man]

After a cold, rainy spring, and lots of illness, our solar panels brought our pool from 61 degrees 3 or 4 days ago to 78, then 80 degrees this afternoon and early evening!

We normally start swimming in early May and swim the whole month--the solar panels warm it up SO nicely. This is the first year in many that we weren't swimming before Memorial Day, but at least we made it today!

My next door neighbors are just starting their gas heater--meanwhile the water is 68-70 and their part-penguin kids are in it, playing!

But it's nice to have it open, running and SWIMMING!

Congrats for a good start. I also started the pool dip on Memorial Day Weekend. Temp was brought up from 64 to 80 in a day. My solar cover saves lots of gas bills
but the trade off is mess with leaves and more work for covering and uncovering.
Can you please give more details about your solar panels? What fraction of your pool surface area are they? Where are they mounted? How's season opening and closing? Do you use the pool's pump or a dedicated
pump? I think I can get a system at Costco for about $600. I wonder if it's worth it.
Thanks in advance.