Heat your Arizona swimming pool water? Are you crazy? Well, sure, in the summer chances are you don’t need to heat your swimming pool, but once autumn and winter sets in, the nights get cool and your pool water may be uncomfortably cool for enjoyable swimming. Heat your pool with solar energy and you can extend the swim season and not have to worry about increases in utility bills as much as if you’d heated the pool with gas or an electric heater.
The swimming pool service contractors from SwimRight Pool Service and Repair in Scottsdale, Arizona can explain the ins and outs of solar heating for your swimming pool and can help you get a system installed. Advances in swimming pool technology has made solar pool heaters more efficient and effective.
A solar swimming pool heat pump is the most efficient way to heat a pool in the warmer climates because it transfers heat from the air to the pool water; as compared to gas, electric or oil heaters, solar heat pumps cost less to operate, making them an attractive option.
Heat your pool with solar energy
Most solar pool heating systems include:
- A solar heat collector. The water circulates through this to be heated by the sun
- Filter. Removes debris before the water is pumped through the solar heat collector
- Pump. Circulates water through the filter and collector and then pushes it back to the pool
- Flow control valve. Either an automatic or manual device that diverts pool water through the solar collector
The investment in a solar pool heater is not cheap. You may spend up to $4,000 for the system, but the pay off and return on your investment will be realized in about seven years when it pays for itself in terms of saved electric costs.
A solar heat pump system is also considered more long-lived than other heat pump types. If you want to cut down on monthly utility bills and use the environment to heat your pool, a solar heat cover is the way to go. Talk with us if you want to have a solar heat pump system for your pool.
