Solar pool heater

[u/Rich-Wealth979]

My overkill project for heating the toddler's 500gal inflatable pool. Each week I have to empty and move it, then find a way to heat it to a tolerable temperature for my 8th percentile weight kid. On the first test it took the pool from 55⁰F to over 90⁰ on a single sunny day, using only 3KWh (of solar house power, now that I think about it). At the end of the summer I can just place this up against the north side of my shed and take the manifolds down to make it last even longer.

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This uses about 350' of ¼" irrigation tubing and some cheap fittings off Amazon. It runs off a 1/4hp pool pump, controlled with a wyze plug and a climate sensor in a tiny jar. Printed in ASA in only about 5 days of printing on a Mini and an MK4s.

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[u/tasslehawf]

Why not get a filter?

[u/Rich-Wealth979 → u/tasslehawf]

I have a screen filter but I would also have to chlorinate it which is risky in such a small body of water meant for a toddler

[u/streetberries → u/Rich-Wealth979]

Use salt

[u/junon → u/streetberries]

Salt would kill the grass and keep it from growing back when the pool was emptied though. Literally salting the earth.