Solar Montreal

Swimming pool solar heating is an acceptable option to keeping your pool warm throughout the year. It relies upon the method of heating water through a chain of solar panels which are exposed to sunlight, and absorb the heat. It is not based on photoelectric cells which generate electrical energy from sunlight, instead it’s a way more direct conversion of heat in daylight to heat in water.The water is fed through the solar cells by the pool pump. The solar panels can be installed on the roof of your place, or they can actually be installed at ground level in a bracket. The roof level panels are out of the way and not taking up any space in your garden, but the water may need a booster pump to help it battle against gravity on the way up. Either way you’ll need to angle your solar energy panels so that they face the sun properly for your latitude. In the northern hemisphere, this implies that your panels meet face to the south. In the southern hemisphere it is the other way round.But what occurs on very hot days? Does this water continue to heat up till the pool is uncomfortably hot or perhaps dangerously hot? No, the solar system has a thermostatic controller which makes sure the temperature of the pool does not go too high. When the temperature is just right, the water is not diverted through the panels, so no additional heat is added to the pool. Alternately, you could transfer the water to heat a water tank, which can then be used for other household wants, but this is not compulsory.Because the daylight is less intense during winter months, pool solar heating alone is not good enough to keep your pool hot all year round. It would definitely forestall freezing, but to get pleasantly warm water in the winter months you might need to help your solar energy panels with a more conventional heater like a gas powered heater. However, the solar powered system would pay for itself because it is so much cheaper to run than the gas heater, that will only need to be used now and then.Whichever route you used to heat your pool, you must definitely get a pool cover and use it to keep heat in when the pool isn’t in use. The majority of the heat that is lost from the pool system is lost from the surface of the pool itself. Employing a cover to preserve the heat can split your heating bills!.