Solar Pool Heating Systems

Few things in life are as relaxing and enjoyable as spending leisure time with family and friends in your own pool. Comfortable pool water temperature is essential for creating an inviting environment. However, with traditional electric or gas pool heaters, this can become quite costly. That's why solar pool heaters are rapidly replacing the energy wasting electric and gas appliances of the past. Absorbing free energy from the sun rather than from fossil fuels to heat your pool is the most responsible choice. The total cost of ownership for electric, natural gas, or propane pool heaters will be two to three times the cost of owning a solar pool heater. By using solar energy, you'll not only enjoy your comfortably warm pool more often, you'll also feel good that you're heating it with 100% renewable energy.

More than 30 years ago, a raw material blend of polypropylene copolymer, synergistic antioxidants and ultraviolet stabilizers was developed as the choice for constructing long lasting, cost effective solar pool panels. While this original formula has seen little change, several variations in solar panel design have been implemented over the years. When creating SwimMaster solar pool panels, its' leading engineers blended together some of the most effective and time-tested design elements with modern state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques.

SwimMaster utilizes today's most advanced technology to create a one-piece over-molded header. The header is the manifold that carriers your pool's water to and from the absorber surface. Traditionally, headers are welded to the absorber. These welds weaken as the panel naturally ages. Not with SwimMaster. When manufactured, raw material is forced into a mold under intense pressure and high temperature to form the header directly over the absorber. This bond creates a solid one-piece panel with virtually no manufacturing variances. This precise process leads to SwimMaster's unmatched durability and performance.

But there is more to the over-molded header than durability. It is your pool water's expressway, and traffic jams are not allowed! Because the header is molded directly around the absorber tubes, there are no barriers, so the water freely exits the header into each individual absorber tube. Less sophisticated manufacturing methods can block the water flow significantly at this point, which reduces the gallons-per-minute throughput of each panel. Flow restrictions add backpressure to the pools entire filtration system and can reduce its overall life expectancy. Simply put - the more water that can be moved through your solar system, the more heat will be transferred to your pool each day.

SwimMaster's absorber surface uses tube-on-fin technology, chosen for its performance and durability. The fin, or webbing between each tube, along with the tube itself, collects the sun's heat and efficiently transfers the heat to your pool water. The fin also enables the panel to flex, expand, and contract without putting pressure on the absorber tubes. SwimMaster's built-in flex webbing has been proven to outlast all other absorber designs without sacrificing BTU output.

SwimMaster panels are also specifically engineered to be 100% symmetrical, with no defined top or bottom. Why is this important? Because exposure to the sun is what makes solar panels work, but it's also what wears them out. Over time, rotating them can double the SwimMaster panels' life expectancy. The side that has been exposed to ultraviolet light can be turned downward - facing the roof and away from the sun's damaging UV rays. The non-exposed underside is then revealed for the first time to the sun - renewing the panels' life expectancy.

SwimMaster's exceptional design doesn't end with the solar panel. The roof mounts are just as impressively engineered. First, ther mounts can be placed anywhere along the width of the header. This enables the mounts to be anchored directly into the roof rafters, adding stability to the panel array. Second, the base of the mounts cradle the panel header, lifting it slightly off the roof. This feature allows the panel to expand and contract without causing stress to the panel, anchor points, or the roof. The two-piece design allows the panels to be released and flipped over, renewing their life expectancy, without disturbing the anchor points at the base of each mount.