Our company installs 200 solar pool heaters a year in north Florida.  Visit our web site, www.ecs-solar.com for a link from solar pool heating too Solar Industries and a question & answer sheet on solar pool heaters.  The maximum a solar pool heater can raise a pool is 15 to 16 degrees more than the water temperature if the pool was not heated.  A pool blanket (cover) with a reel can stack the 15-16 degrees another 8-10 degrees. It's possible to be 18-25 degrees more than your neighbor's non heated pool.
 
Solar Industries has the best mounting hardware, a freeze guarantee and works the best in cold windy weather than any other manufacturer. call 800-227-7657 or go to www.warmwaters.com or www.solarindustries.com . I believe Compool makes the best solar pool control - 800 458-2201.  For heat pumps Calorex, linked from our web site or at www.calorexusa.com (888 297-3826) makes a great one that's cheaper than LP gas by 80% and natural gas by 50%, if you don't have a good location for solar pool heating.  You should do a minimum of 50% of the pool's surface area to a maximum of 100% for sizing solar pool heating. If you use a heat pump the AT600 Aquatherm by Calorex is the best, and use AT800 if you are near the ocean.
 
Hope this gets you into hot water!!
Tom Lane
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