Comment Retroussez une couverture solaire
A solar pool cover is one of the highest recommended and least inexpensive ways to cut down the costs associated with pool ownership. There are many expenses associated with owning a pool but few can compare with that of keeping the pool full of warm water. As most swimmers would agree, it’s not fun to swim in cold water. So there are actually two different problems that people with pools face. The first is keeping water in the pool and the second is keeping that water warm. Fortunately, the solution is really the same for both challenges. A solar pool cover will help prevent evaporation from occurring and will also help keep the pool warm while it is not in use.
1. Free Energy from the Sun
A solar pool cover is made of special material which will help absorb the heat from the sun and transfer it into the water. Since for the vast majority of people a pool is only used for a few hours per day at the most, this can mean many hours with the sun beating down on this cover and passing the heat into the water.
2. Prevent Heat from Escaping at Night
In addition to drawing the heat from the sun into the water, the solar pool cover will also help prevent heat from escaping at night. Even though there is no sunlight during the night hours, the solar pool cover will continue to effectively hold the heat in the pool. It works like a large blanket for the pool keeping the heat in the water where it belongs.
3. Prevent Evaporation
The other way a solar pool cover can help save money is by preventing the majority of the evaporation from occurring. Since pools have a large surface area, the sun can quickly cause gallons of water to evaporate each day. When there is a cover on the pool the water that would normally evaporate up into the air is trapped in the pool by the cover. This can effectively save hundreds of gallons of water each year from being lost into the air. This can be a significant cost savings for pool owners in addition to saving them the manual labor of adding new water to the pool.
4. Cost Savings
Since solar pool covers are quite inexpensive compared to running a gas powered heater to keep a pool warm, they will quickly pay for themselves. When combining the savings realized by not having to replace gallons of evaporated water each day and the reduced heating bill since the cover will help keep a pool much warmer it is easy to see that this small investment will save any pool owner hundreds of dollars in the long run.
5. Availability and Ease of Use
Solar pool covers are very easy to use and come in many different types. Most people like the basic type which is flexible and easy to put on and take off of the pool. These solar covers are very effective and durable so they will last for years. Taking them off and putting them on is as simple as pulling them out of the water while folding them up, or dragging them back onto the pool. Typically one person can do it by his or herself.
6. Keep Leaves and Debris Out of the Pool
Most pool owners want a cover for their pool to help keep leaves and other things out of the water anyway. So using a solar pool cover just makes sense.
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