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Using the Sun’s energy to Heat Pools

Intex Solar Water Heater Mat Above Ground Swimming Pool

Pool heating can be very costly. 

To help take the “chill” out of your pool, there’s a low cost solution if you have pool deck space and abundant sunlight. Depending upon the size of the pool and the flowrate, a solar pool heater mat can help to increase pool temperature by a few degrees. 

 

One of the greatest challenges with installing one of these pool heater mats is finding a place to connect the pool heater to the pool’s filter pumping. 

The easiest way to do this is to connect the heater’s piping to a return jet. For my installation, I removed the return jet and modified one of the fittings from the pool heater kit.

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