Solar Pool Covers - Get the Facts Before You Buy

Just the same as energy costs have consistentlyHow Warm Is Warm?
been on the rise, so too has an interest by poolSo of course a solar pools cover, being a passive
owners in solar pool covers. So what are theand uncomplicated heating system will save a
actual facts and numbers regarding solar poolhomeowner money on their heating or gas bills.
covers. For instance, does their actual costHowever; there is a catch. That is that a solars
effectively offset the savings that will be reapedpool covers will only raise the temperature of a
on energy bills?pools water by around 7-8 degrees.
The Least Costly and Least ProblematicSolar Pools Covers Won't Heat Like a Gas Or
Actually, as solar pools heating systems go, solarElectric Heater Will
pools covers are one of the least costly and beingSo they are basically used to augment a standard
that they have little to no moving parts, the leastpool heater or a non-passive solar heater.
problematic in the long own. In fact a manuallyHowever; if a pools water is otherwise quite cold,
retracted solar pool cover can easily last well overa solar pools heater can make a noticeable
a decade with no problems.difference. It just won't get your pools water nice
Solar Pool Covers - A "Passive" Solar Heatingand warm on a cold day like a gas or electric
Systemheater will.
You see, a solar pool cover is what is referred toThe Bottom Line On Solar Pools Covers
as a "passive" solar heating system. So what is itHowever; the fact is that you really should have a
that makes a passive solar heating systempool cover on your pool anyway, so most people
different from a "non-passive" solar heatingrationalize that as long as they are going to buy a
system? In short, a passive solar heating systempool cover, they might as well make it a solar
will have no moving parts that transfer any ofpool cover to get the extra benefit out of it.
the water that is being heated.