How do I make a home made solar heater out of piping for my pool ?

Answer 1

Make a long run of metal pipe where the sun will hit it. Have a bunch of switchbacks and put a metal plate behind it to reflect more heat back to the pipes.

Answer 2

Do not use copper as it will corode inside due to the chemicals use in the pool water. use pvc and paint it black in a seropinteen configurations with the water going in one side and retuning to the pool heated out the other end

Answer 3

Mother Earth News has dozens of articles on solar water heating, for domestic hot water, that can be adapted for pool use.

Here are just a few
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Alternative_Energy/1979_September_October/A_Homemade_Solar_Water_Heater

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green_Home_Building/1979_November_December/Solar_on_a_Shoestring_Mother_s_Corrugated_Collector

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green_Home_Building/1981_January_February/Mother_s_In_Line_Collector


Or check out some commercial solar system suppliers and adapt their ideas and components to your situation.
http://www.kingsolar.com/

Answer 4

just adding to the last answer, at our cottage in FLA they used black piping, and snaked it back and fourth on a fence, ddint take up any room and worked well.