bhollehday
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I’ve got a 28ft x 20ft east facing slope that id like to fill with solar. The house partially shades the pool in the evening and the slope get a bit of shade from some shrubs (that I could remove). Pool is about 600 sqft.
I want to extend my swim season and keep the pool warm in the summer time. I have shopped panels and talked to installers and decided if I do it, Id want to do it using the solar bear panels and do it myself.
Ive read a couple of forums that people talked about joining more than the 2X panels that the mfg says is the “max”. Does anyone have experience with this?
Ideally, I would plumb the pool equipment to the middle or bottom of the slope. The pool equipment is adjacent and in the middle of the slope. Can I plumb the panels horizontally as drawn in the diagram? It seems like this would work out of the box. I also read that there is a way to remove some sort of diversion plates from the headers in order to feed one end of the panel and output at the other end of the panel. This would allow me to run panels vertically and get some more sqft on the slope.
I also have a few questions:
I have 2” piping on the equipment is it ok to use 1.5” solar?
Do the panels need to be drained when not in use?
Will I get more life it I store in winter, or do I just need to drain for freeze?
I want to extend my swim season and keep the pool warm in the summer time. I have shopped panels and talked to installers and decided if I do it, Id want to do it using the solar bear panels and do it myself.
Ive read a couple of forums that people talked about joining more than the 2X panels that the mfg says is the “max”. Does anyone have experience with this?
Ideally, I would plumb the pool equipment to the middle or bottom of the slope. The pool equipment is adjacent and in the middle of the slope. Can I plumb the panels horizontally as drawn in the diagram? It seems like this would work out of the box. I also read that there is a way to remove some sort of diversion plates from the headers in order to feed one end of the panel and output at the other end of the panel. This would allow me to run panels vertically and get some more sqft on the slope.
I also have a few questions:
I have 2” piping on the equipment is it ok to use 1.5” solar?
Do the panels need to be drained when not in use?
Will I get more life it I store in winter, or do I just need to drain for freeze?