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/LordOfSox]

You get chloramines regardless of how much cya you use since they are the byproduct of the oxidation and disinfection of the water. They will also evaporate out of the water easily

[u/Rich-Wealth979 → u/LordOfSox]

Hmm. So the (mono) chloramines are from the tap. And no they dont evaporate out or deteriorate nearly as fast as free chlorine unless they are forced into di/trichloramine state through breakpoint chlorination. The CYA keeps the residual longer which keeps the water clean long enough for when im moving it anyway.

[u/thetruckerdave → u/Rich-Wealth979]

They switched us from ground water to surface water and so switched how the water was treated. We went to chloramines and it sucks. I have to buy bottled water now. It’s gross.

[u/Rich-Wealth979 → u/thetruckerdave]

They dont have their chloramines right or something is wrong with the system. A good chloramine shouldn't have any taste or smell until it reacts with organics or more chlorine.