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Do you use a solar cover during the day to heat the pool or at night to keep the heat in the water or use it all the time if you are not swimming in the pool?
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∙ 14y ago
Leave the solar cover on - day and night. During the day, cover will absorb the heat from the sun and transfer that heat directly into the water. At night, the cover will help to retain the heat absorbed during the day and reduce evaporation. Hope this helps ...
The original purpose of a solar cover is the ability to have the sun (err, solar) heat the pool thru the cover. If the cover is off during the day and on at nite you've wasted a $100+. C'mon, lets use a little common sense.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 14y agoA solar bubble cover will have little or no use at all at night ... thus the word solar = SUN. The cover will also have little affect on retaining the heat gained from covering the pool during the day. The pool will still loose a good portion of what is gained daily. Covering the pool at night can retard evaporation. If the pool is not being used all the time then covering the pool may keep some debris out of the pool.
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∙ 14y agoWhen I first start heating the pool in the beginning of the season, I leave the cover on exclusively when not swimming. The cover keeps the heat in the water. In the beginning of the season, when the outside temps still go down in the 50s at night, I would at LEAST 10 more degrees overnight without the cover on. Once my pool is heated to 85 degrees where I have it set, using the cover at night and when not swimming generally keeps the water above that so the heater rarely comes on.
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∙ 12y agoThe most heat is lost at night so that is the most important time to keep a solar blanket on the pool. If you have a heater then you might lose 10 to 14 degrees Fat night on the pool where with a blanket you might lose 2 to 4 degrees F. I run on the cheap side so I would leave a blanket on the pool 24 hours a day and remove it when I go swimming. Most people don't like that as they want the look of the water. Solar blanket companies say that the blanket will heat the water more during the day but I like them becuse they stop water and heat lose due to evaporation. Marcus
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∙ 12y agoyes it actuly dose eclipse covers the sun so the moon could have a different shape.
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If you leave your solar cover on day and night will you have algae problems?
Clarification needed. Are you talking about a swimming pool?
Is it best to have the pool solar cover on during the day or night or both?
Both. The cover prevents evaporative heat loss both day and night, as well as provides extra heating during the day.
What is one of the main disadvantages solar power?
It does not produce power during the night or when cloud cover is present.
Will a concrete pool with no reflective liner heat up faster with or without a solar cover during the day?
A pool with a solar cover will absorb the heat faster during the day and when left on the pool over night it will prevent the loss of heat.
Why do they pull covers over a swimming pool?
To keep junk out (like leaves, twigs, etc) and to keep heat in. A clear solar cover is used to capture and contain daily solar heat in the water and not loose it to evaporative cooling. A winter cover is used to keep leaves and other debris out during the winter (non swimming) season.
How much heat does a swimming pool lose?
A swimming pool can lose up to 90% of it's stored heat over night if not insulated. I'm a big fan of liquid insulators, versus taking on and off a thermal or solar cover.
Can you add optimizer plus to a pool with the solar cover on?
It's not possible to add optimizer plus to a pool with the solar cover on. You will need to remove the solar cover from part or all of the pool in order to put optimizer or other pool treatment products into your swimming pool water.
When do you apply the solar pool cover?
You apply the solar pool cover either very early in the morning, or the night before you want to go swimming in the pool. Keep in mind, that if the sun hits it for long periods of time, it will make the pool water extremely hot, so make sure that it is in a partially shaded area if you are going to put it on the day before, and if the sun is always on it, then put it on the morning before you go swimming.
What is the price range for pool covers?
It is depends on the type, brand and size. It cost about $219 for the 10m x 6m solar swimming pool blanket cover and $512 for the solar pool cover 500 micron series.
Can you collect solar energy at night?
no, solar energy systems only operate during the day.
Will a solar power work at night time?
No, you can store power during the day in batteries, or heat sinks, and use that at night, but you can't gather solar power at night.
Do solar eclipses occur at night?
yes it can be night in America and day in India and at India there can be a solar eclipse happening :-)
