| Are you looking for a solar heater to use for | | | | and a shut off valve. The idea behind this is that |
| your in ground pool? Do you want to know how | | | | you are going to pump the water very slowly out |
| to build solar pool heaters for in ground pools? | | | | of your pool and through about 50 feet to 200 |
| There are some advantages to building your own | | | | feet of black tubing (about 1/2 inch in diameter to |
| solar heater and you can use this advice for both | | | | 3/4 inch) very slowly. As it goes through it will be |
| in ground and above ground pools. | | | | heated by the sun and pumped back into your |
| First, you are going to have to make sure you | | | | pool. |
| have a place to mount the heater that gets | | | | Last, you are going to put a shut off valve on |
| continual sunlight throughout the day. You need at | | | | the end that you use to return the water. Make |
| least 6 hours of sunlight and the more you have | | | | sure to shut this off at night and when you do |
| the better. Make sure this spot is at least a 8 | | | | not have the heater running. You can put your |
| foot by 4 foot area or bigger. This could be your | | | | new heater on a timer by plugging the pump into |
| rooftop, a shed rooftop, or any other area that | | | | the timer so it will only run during the sunlight |
| would work. | | | | hours. This is one of the best solar pool heaters |
| Second, you will need a pump that will pump the | | | | for in ground pools that will not cost you an arm |
| water slowly, some pvc piping, some black tubing, | | | | and a leg. |