Solar swimming pool heating -- A copper collector after 26 years

Conference · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:20050694

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This paper is a progress report and a technology overview for a do-it-yourself solar swimming pool heater built by the author. Since March 1973 the heater has operated successfully day in day out for over 26 years, as a simple component in the pool circulation system, for three successive homeowners. The heater project was sponsored by the Copper Development Association (CDA), and used a copper flat plate collector design mounted on a small building, which provided both the roofing and the solar collection function. The heater was built in Pasadena, California, at 34.2 degrees north latitude and 118.2 degrees west longitude. A do-it-yourself manual was written so others could build such heaters, and about 100,000 copies of this manual have been distributed. The manual has helped many to get a better understanding of solar energy, has allowed many around the world to build similar swimming pool heater, and caused this author to get into the solar energy field.

• Research Organization: Atlas Corp., Santa Cruz, CA (US)
• OSTI ID: 20050694
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
DESIGN
ECONOMICS
FLAT PLATE COLLECTORS
PERFORMANCE
SOLAR WATER HEATERS
SWIMMING POOLS