DIY Solar Heater for Swimming Pool

Using electricity from the grid to heat your swimming pool can be an extremely expensive affair. The best solution to this is to install a solar heater for your swimming pool. This way, you will not have to worry about bigger bills whenever you want your pool heated. However, the initial cost of installing a water heater can be quite prohibitive for many. That’s why you should be able to install a solar water heater by yourself.

What You Need

1. ½ Inch 2 CPVC pipes that are four feet in length.
2. Black aluminum plates of size 4ft by 4ft. These aluminum plates must have small groves, 4 inches from each other.
3. A stand (optional)
4. A pump
5. Two flexible pipes

The construction

1. Take one of the CPVC pipes and make tiny holes that are four inches apart on the pipe.
2. Take the second pipe and make a longitudinal split on the pipe. This will leave you with two pipes with semicircular cross-sections.
3. Seal one end of pipe in 1.
4. Attach the first pipe on the black aluminum plate making sure that the holes on the first pipe are fully aligned with the grooves on the aluminum plate.
5. Attach one of the pipes on the bottom of the aluminum plate.
6. Connect one of the flexible pipes to the top CPVC pipe and another one to the bottom CPVC pipe
7. Connect the pump to the pool and pump water into the top pipe.
8. Put the plate on a stand and let it face the sunlight.

How It Works

As the pump gets water from the pool, it directs it to the top pipe. This water then trickles down the grooves, being heated by the sun-facing aluminum plate. The water then gets to the bottom pipe and then redirects the water back to the pool. This cycle then continues until the whole pool gets heated.

This DIY water cooler is somehow basic and might need a number of improvements so as to increase its efficiency. However, this basic plan will go a long way to save you money that you would have otherwise spent on a commercial heater.

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