[RE-wrenches] Solar over a Pool

[Starlight Solar Power Systems]

85°….I wish…it’s 114° here right now. Unshaded pools are unusable for many summer months, even at night, without a refrigeration system. But, in the winter, they need solar gain to reduce heating bills. Not a good plan for a permanent cover.

Larry


On Jun 26, 2017, at 2:49 PM, Jason Szumlanski <jason at floridasolardesigngroup.com> wrote:


Tom,

Down here a little further south in Florida, many of our clients might actually find that to be a benefit in the summer! Pools get bathwater hot here and nocturnal solar cooling is a hopeless proposition when it's 85F ambient and 95% humidity at night.

That said - I totally agree. Bad idea.

Jason Szumlanski

​​
FL State Certified Contractor License: CVC56956

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Tom Lane <tom at ecs-solar.com <mailto:tom at ecs-solar.com>> wrote:
Solar over a pool of any type electric or solar pool collectors , IS A BAD IDEA , as it will significantly drop the length of the swimming season as the pool will typically be between 6 to 10 F minimum colder all year . A screen cage over a pool typically drops the temperature a minimum of 5 to 10 F depending on how wide the weave of the screen AND how clean you keep the screen , a totally closed enclosure also has to deal with condensation. GatorTom

Tom Lane - Sent from my iPad
_______________________________________________
List sponsored by Redwood Alliance

List Address: RE-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org

Change listserver email address & settings:
http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org

List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html

List rules & etiquette:
www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm

Check out or update participant bios:
www.members.re-wrenches.org


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org/attachments/20170626/af650d0f/attachment-0002.html>