how to save a home with solar pool heating [RE-wrenches]

[Joel Davidson]

Hi Tom,
Good advice. The folks near Riverside who saved their home had a pool and
genset/pump, but it got burned up while they were fighting the fire. I'll send
you some pictures off-list.
Best regards,
Joel Davidson

"Tom Lane, Energy Conservation Services" wrote:

> How to save your house with a solar pool heater
> When people have a solar pool heater, they can run a secondary line with a
> cut off ball valve with sprinklers along the top of their roof. just above
> the solar pool heating system.when a fire occurs, open the ball valve to the
> sprinkler system, have a generator big enough to start and run the 1-11/2
> horsepower pool pump in the event of a power outage.guarantee that this will
> save your home. most pools have 15 to 20 thousand gallons pour about 50
> gallons of dishwashing detergent into the pool like Duz, or Ivory etc.,to
> act as a surfactant. if you decide to stay in the home, during the fire you
> may want to get a mask and a snorkel, or scuba gear to jump into the pool
> when the fire gets really close. Don't laugh, I know people who during the
> 80"s who used such a system to save their home, even if you do not have a
> pool heating system you can rig this setup if you have a swimming pool with
> a generator and or inverter battery bank setup. There is no reason a person
> should lose their home if they have 15 to 20 thousand gallons of water in
> their swimming pool. I have worked as a firefighter for the US.SO.Forest
> service, and bureau of Indian Affairs in the late 60"so and early 70"so, all
> solar contractors especially swimming pool contractors should offer this
> type of setup in high risk fire areas where there is a swimming pool at the
> home.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <mlafferty at universalenergies.com>
> To: <RE-wrenches at topica.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:19 AM
> Subject: RE: California Fires and PV [RE-wrenches]
>
> > Joel D wrote:
> >
> > >  The PV system was working fine because neighborhood power was
> > restored by hard-working Southern California Edison crews.

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