Making a solar pool heater?
I am planning to make a solar water heater for my kids little pool and am wondering if I could use PVC piping and Plexiglass or will it get to hot and melt them?
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Plexi won't like sunlight for too long, use glass instead.
Steve
Steve
Little kids pool? Like a wading pool?
Black water hose in the sun would be the easiest, I suspect. Much easier to work with than the sprinkler tubing (aka funny pipe) that RavingMad suggests.
If you want to get really creative, hook the hose up to a pump and recirculate the water. A pond pump would do the trick I bet.
Black water hose in the sun would be the easiest, I suspect. Much easier to work with than the sprinkler tubing (aka funny pipe) that RavingMad suggests.
If you want to get really creative, hook the hose up to a pump and recirculate the water. A pond pump would do the trick I bet.
It'll be fine, but you'd probably get better heat transfer using a big flat coil of black sprinkler tubing instead of the PVC.
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