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Aug 22

Do you enjoy swimming all year round and find yourself dreading the approaching winter months because it means you will either have to give up swimming for a few months or else find a heated pool somewhere in your neighbourhood where you can go to complete your daily training routine? Wouldn’t it be fantastic if you could find an affordable way to heat your own pool in a clean, green and affordable way? Solar pool heat is the perfect way to go. Using solar pool heat is ideal for a variety of reasons:

  • Solar energy is freely available for much of the year no matter where you are located.
  • Technology has advanced and developed making it easy and relatively inexpensive to install solar pool heating systems yourself or, for a price, having it done professionally.
  • Many governments world-wide are now giving tax breaks or incentives to those who use environmentally friendly, renewable energy forms like solar, wind and geothermal power to generate power for their homes.


  • Some forms of solar heating are simple and require only the most basic of equipment (a black pvc or rubber hose, sunlight) in order to begin to change the temperature of your pool.
  • Solar panel pool heaters are another avenue to investigate.

Fortunately these days, there are a variety of solar power options for heating your pool available for you to choose from and it is the mission of this Blog to investigate and discuss the different ways that swimming pools can be heated using solar energy. Swimming pool solar accessories such as the different types of pool covers now available will also be investigated and reviewed to keep you abreast of the latest inventions in solar powered pool heaters.Solar Pool Heat can thus provide you and your family with a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way of keeping your pool warm and inviting even during those bleak winter months.
Incidentally, should you decide to purchase something from any of the links on my site, I will be paid a small commission for having promoted the product on my site.

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Apr 16

Solar energy is energy from the sun. The sun constantly radiates masses of solar energy into our solar system and, as one of the planets, our earth with us on it,  gets to experience the sun’s magnificence  and munificence every day  in the form of light and sunshine (heat).

A long time ago people discovered that when direct sunlight was made to shine through a thick shard of glass held at a particular angle, it would concentrate the sun’s rays to such an extent that, if it happened to be  shining on to something flammable like dry leaves, the leaves would catch alight.  How many of us don’t remember as children taking delight in playing with a magnifying glass and experimenting with what would and what would not burn? Much to our parents’ alarm, of course.

Thus from a young age, we could not help but being fascinated by the secret power contained in sunlight. And it is this  energy we harness when solar power is generated.

There are many ways to harness sunlight and put it to good use – as human beings have been doing in one way or another for centuries.  We can use it for heating purposes like the simple act of enjoying sitting in the sun when feeling cold right up to its use to generate electricity after the invention of photovoltaic cells/panels. Photovoltaic literally means light (photo) into electricity (volt). Photovoltaic panels are panels that turn light into electricity.

For us here on this Blog, the application of solar energy that we are particularly interested in is how the sun is harnessed to solar heat our swimming pools, something we discuss in more detail in other blog posts.  The swimming pool solar panels and solar collectors are of particular interest to us in that regard. Click here for more information about solar pool heat and swimming pool solar panels and how they function.
Incidentally, should you decide to purchase something from any of the links on my site, I will be paid a small commission for having promoted the product on my site.

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Nov 14
For those pool owners who are in the habit of regularly using their pool covers hats off to you for your energy-saving and planet-serving ways. For the not-so-dedicated, now is the time for you to bring out and use your solar pool cover if it is tucked away in the garden shed or rolled upon its reel languishing idly by the side of the pool. And if you don’t have solar cover as yet, may I be so bold as encourage you to invest in one soon.

If you live in the northern hemisphere, your solar pool heating system needs all the help it can get during the cold winter months just to keep in the heat; to prevent all its hard work coming to naught as the warmth of the water escapes into the surrounding cold air. A solar cover is essential as it reduces temperature difference by preventing the heat from escaping from your heated pool. It will not only prevent warmth from escaping, but it is also designed to absorb and grab hold of all the heat from the sun that it can manage even when the winter sun’s rays are weak. This heat is then transferred into the pool water and, let’s face it, in winter every bit warmth in the pool counts!


If you live in the southern hemisphere, then pool covers will prevent water loss through evaporation during the hot summer months. Evaporation is by nature a cooling process and plays havoc with the warmth of your pool. The ideal temperature for swimming is about 25 – 26 degrees C (77 – 79 degrees F) and in sub-tropical areas this ideal temperature is difficult to maintain without some additional help.

Heat is lost through evaporation and the constant topping up of pool water levels as well as through natural  night-time cooling off. If you don’t want to add more heat to the pool water, then a regular non-solar pool cover will be adequate. If, however, you do want to increase the temperature, then a pool solar cover will do the trick nicely and raise the water temperature by a  few degrees. Solar cover temperature difference needs to be experienced to be enjoyed!

Incidentally, should you decide to buy a pool cover from one of the links on my blog, I will be paid a small commission – not even enough for a small coffee!

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Nov 21

Must see! Revolutionary, award winning alternative method for heating your swimming pool. While you cool VOLCANO heats your pool. Our kit transforms your existing air conditioning system into a really green way to heat your pool for free and lower your cooling costs. www.volcanopoolheat.com.

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Nov 5

John Turner of Celtic Solar talks about the Genersys Solar panels and the financial savings that can be made with domestic and swimming pool heating systems.

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