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What's the flow rate on your pump and what's the flow rate after your solar panels? My pump is rated to 528 gallons/hour, but it falls down to 108 gallons/hour when it pumps the pool water 8 feet up on my flat garage roof and then through 820 feet of ¾ inch PEM hose. My pool contains 3,300 gallons and with this setup, it'll take about 30 hours to run every gallon through the heater and that's a bit rough with 18 hours of daylight. With a flow rate of 1,8 gallons/minute, I'll get an 18°F difference before and after the heater with a clear blue sky. I'm trying out some different solutions as we speak, to increase my flow rate and heat my pool even faster. I'm not going to give up until I get 86°F in the pool around 2:00 PM on a partially cloudy day, then I'll be satisfied. You can see my setup @SolarProjectsSweden I wish you good luck and a warm pool summer
@@thestclairchannel3889 My theory (or dream): 8 gal x 60 min = 480 gal/h. 3,300 gal pool / 480 gal/h ~ 7h. ~70°F pool water in the morning. ~100°F after the heater. Half of the pool water has run through the heater in 3,5h and it should be around ~85°F in the pool at around 2:00 PM. I'm trying to achieve this only using solar DC. My pump is a 20v barrel pump that runs directly of a solar panel. I've tried 3 different solar panels: 50W - 0,7 gal/min 120W - 1,58 gal/min 180W - 1,8 gal/min The results above is through the heater and it's pretty far from the pumps rated 8,8 gal/min, so I'm trying out some different setups to put my theory into practise.
I would restrict the flow with a valve and let the water get hotter longer in the tubes , My dyi black hose heater puts out 110 degrees but at a strong pee rate )
Excellent update - eventually I want to do the same thing. Thank you for documenting
What's the flow rate on your pump and what's the flow rate after your solar panels?
My pump is rated to 528 gallons/hour, but it falls down to 108 gallons/hour when it pumps the pool water 8 feet up on my flat garage roof and then through 820 feet of ¾ inch PEM hose.
My pool contains 3,300 gallons and with this setup, it'll take about 30 hours to run every gallon through the heater and that's a bit rough with 18 hours of daylight. With a flow rate of 1,8 gallons/minute, I'll get an 18°F difference before and after the heater with a clear blue sky. I'm trying out some different solutions as we speak, to increase my flow rate and heat my pool even faster.
I'm not going to give up until I get 86°F in the pool around 2:00 PM on a partially cloudy day, then I'll be satisfied. You can see my setup @SolarProjectsSweden
I wish you good luck and a warm pool summer
I’m getting 11-12 gal per min off the .5hp pump
@@thestclairchannel3889 My theory (or dream):
8 gal x 60 min = 480 gal/h.
3,300 gal pool / 480 gal/h ~ 7h.
~70°F pool water in the morning.
~100°F after the heater.
Half of the pool water has run through the heater in 3,5h and it should be around ~85°F in the pool at around 2:00 PM.
I'm trying to achieve this only using solar DC. My pump is a 20v barrel pump that runs directly of a solar panel. I've tried 3 different solar panels:
50W - 0,7 gal/min
120W - 1,58 gal/min
180W - 1,8 gal/min
The results above is through the heater and it's pretty far from the pumps rated 8,8 gal/min, so I'm trying out some different setups to put my theory into practise.
Temperature change without flow rate makes it impossible to see the value. It could take an hour or a month to raise the pool temperature by a degree
I’m getting 11-12 gal per min on a .5hp pump.
I would restrict the flow with a valve and let the water get hotter longer in the tubes , My dyi black hose heater puts out 110 degrees but at a strong pee rate )