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How To Use A Solar Pool Cover

by GuestPoster

Solar pool covers are almost a mandatory swimming pool accessory today, with the high cost of heating pool water. Solar covers will raise the water temperature of your pool without adding any costs to your utility bills. Once you have amortized the initial purchase price, it is all savings. Furthermore, solar pool covers are not very expensive to buy and they provide many benefits, well worth the investment.

As already stated the first advantage is to have a nice warm pool, and never having to jump in frigid water. Not only will a solar pool cover keep the water of the pool warm, it will also protect it and keep it clean while the pool is not in use.

Solar pool covers are quite easy to use. Many pool owners place the solar cover near the pool attached to a roller, either manual or automatic. This roller will make it easy for anyone to roll or unroll the pool cover when needed. The only problem with solar pool covers, is that they can wear down after extended use over a period of a few years. Replacement costs are not so high, as to warrant  trying to repair an older cover, it is simply easier to replace it.

A Solar cover does a good job of keeping pool water warm, but you must sometimes keep it on the pool during sunny days, if the pool is not in use, to maximize its usability.

If you live in a colder area, you might consider using a combination of the solar pool cover and, a heating source, to quickly warm up the water, as the cover prevent heat loss but does not heat the pool. The biggest waste of water heat occurs during the night, as one might expect. Covering the pool at night with the solar cover will ensure that the temperature of the water does not drop too low.

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