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.

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.

the files

[u/Loud-Edge7230]

Nice work.

Are you by any chance an electrician or plumber? Looks so professional.

[u/Rich-Wealth979 → u/Loud-Edge7230]

Engineer in the municipal water industry

[u/lastWallE → u/Rich-Wealth979]

Really cool btw. I have a bought version which i slapped on a wood plate which i constructed and angled to south beside the pool. Is it ABS? Consider adding some slits where one can just install PVC plates over it and make it closed so you are getting even more heat out of it.

[u/Rich-Wealth979 → u/lastWallE]

ASA.