1. How to make a Solar Pool Water Heater - Full build and Test in the UK

Have you ever thought of making your own Solar Water Heater?

I made one from Start to Finish in 3 Hours using internet purchased items and show you how in this sped up video, then test its heating ability.

So,

How much will it cost?
Is it hard to make?
How much heat will it provide?

I decided to make one to find out and create this video to provide them answers. Apart from the last one, where at the end of the video is all the info to calculate average power output, I'm sure you could work it out ;-).

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Here, on my website, are all the items to build your own: - https://www.dev255.uk/what-i-bought

***UPDATE***
Hi, just for info with the latest info from my tests (11th Aug 2020). The pool of 4600 litres heats up by around 3 to 5ºC per day on a sunny day, so you need a good few days for it to warm up. It's a lot of water to heat and from my recent calculations both the panel and dome solar heaters generate about 25% of that heat, it looks like most of the heat is generated from the sun directly heating the water via the black cover over the pool and surrounding air. I think the panel is still worth it as 25% extra heat ensures the pool heats from day to day. The foil wrap around the pool helps too, where I only lose a couple of degrees overnight, where the pool is currently sitting at 28.12ºC at 08:47 in the UK (11th Aug 2020). You can see the foil wrap in part 2's video and my intro video. Hope that helps

Plus I go into more detail (including all the math) in the next video should you want to see how it performed heating a 4600 litre pool. Here "Solar Pool Heater Comparison - Homemade Vs Purchased" video Here: https://youtu.be/-B7SMrmwsZE. And now Part 3 goes into even more detail into Solar Thermal (ST).

This project is also on my Website at www.dev255.uk if you want to keep up to date, where I have now made a 10 channel data logger to find out if this could be even more efficient (updated 26th June 2020).

Why not make one during the Pandemic Covid-19 Lockdown. I managed to order all the parts for this online and get them delivered within a week.

I would recommend a Pool Fountain pump for water circulation as it has a filter and is designed to run continuously. Also, why not try a 12v version and connect it to a solar panel, that way it's low voltage and only pumps the water around when the sun comes out.

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