Roof Mounted Solar Pool Heaters

There are three types of solar pool heaters available on the market.

Roof mounted solar pool heaters.

Specially designed hardware is available to cover virtually all roof types. Solar swimming pool heating is done by diverting the pool s water through a black plastic heat exchanger exposed to the sun. It s capable of raising your pool temperature by up to ten degrees. Additional panels can be added to the system to achieve optimal heating capacity.

This is the best choice for in ground and large sized swimming pools. The first one is a solar panel system that is typically mounted on the roof of a nearby building. Consequently roof mounted solar pool heaters are far more economical because the roof itself is the mounting rack. For barrel flat and concrete tile roof solar pool heater installations we include in our kits 14 1 4 x 1 1 4 5 16 tapcon hex head screws to fasten the solar panels mounting and straping hardware to the roof or stucture.

A typical fafco system consists of solar collectors easily mounted to your roof an optional solar sensor and automatic control unit. You simply set control unit for the desired max temperature. The heating collector is 4 feet wide x 20 feet long and can be placed next to your pool or on top of your roof. For total solar heating the solar panel square footage should be at least equal to 50 of the pool s surface area.

Engineering is standardized to account for all likely scenarios. It s engineered to function both in the above ground and inground swimming pools. Sounds easy but distributing the flow from your pool all over the roof of your home can be challenging given the fact the temperature can swing 150 degrees farenheit from a cold winter day to baking in the sun mid summer with the pool up to temperature. Comes with easy to follow instructions for a simple do it yourself project.

How does a solar pool heating system work. The second type includes more portable heaters that need to be placed on the ground near the pool. Sensors detect changes in the water temperature and direct the automatic control unit to close the the. Sunquest 6 2x12 solar swimming pool heater complete system with roof kits sunquest solar swimming pool heating system is the best choice for any pool owner.