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Yes, you can use a liquid solar cover and a traditional solar pool cover simultaneously. The liquid solar cover creates a thin film on the water's surface to reduce evaporation and retain heat, while the physical solar cover traps heat and reduces heat loss at night. Using both together can enhance the overall efficiency of heat retention in your pool. However, ensure that the liquid cover is compatible with the pool chemicals you are using.
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What is The difference in a solar blanket and a solar cover?
They are the same thing basically. Pool Cover, Solar Cover, solar Blanket are all used interchangeably. It's basically some material, usually a plastic bubble mesh or vinyl covering that goes over the pool. The exception to this is Winter Cover which generally is heavier and designed to protect your pool during long winter months.
Should you leave the vinyl pool cover on when using a solar blanket or does the pool cover above the solar blanket hinder the solar blanket's performance?
Remove the vinyl cover when using a solar blanket to warm the water. If the vinyl cover is used at the same time as the solar blanket, the vinyl cover absorbs most of the heat and then transfers the heat into the air or water between the vinyl cover and the solar blanket. Then the heat transfers to the solar blanket and then, finally, into the water. When this happens, a lot of heat remains in the vinyl cover and air/water between the two covers instead of getting into the water. It is preferable to have the heat absorbed by the solar cover and then transfer directly into the water. Hope this helps... Too much redundancy in pool covers.
Can you use the chlorine floater when the solar cover is on or when people are in the pool?
No! the floater should never have to be placed under neath the cover. The reason is that the chlorine is not moving around the pool so it will be in one position and eventually eat through the cover. Always keep your cover off when adding chlorine and when chlorine tablets are in a floater.
Can you use liquid solar fish and a solar blanket at the same time to enhance pool water warmth?
A blanket can help increase the temperature up to 10 degrees, a liquid blanket less than that. Used together you will still only see a maximum of 10 degrees but the liquid cover will help minimize heat loss while the cover is off and people are swimming. Unless there is some reason you can't use a standard cover like high swimmer loads or indoor pools where you want to minimize off gassing all the time then you're generally better off with just using the standard blanket can getting a solar heater if you need more heat.
Is a debris cover and pool cover the same thing if referencing pools?
yes
Does a solar cover keep pool warm or make pool warm?
No not really but the more you cover the more heating there will be. The cover is designed to heat the water under the cover so its effect will be diminished by the lack of total pool coverage. You will notice some warming just the same. You should try to cover your entire pool, but if there's a gap here and there it won't matter. A good Solar cover raises your pool temp. about 10-15 degrees. After use, allow it dry and roll it up nicely.
The pool was real clear after it was filled -new pool- and then it was shocked it with liquid shock and it turned green any sugestions pool filled and shocked and turned green all in the same day?
It is chlorine reacting with the metals in your pool water.
What is the easiest way to put on and take off a large solar pool cover?
Put a 1 1/2 PVC pipe down the middle of the cover . Attach it to the cover with stainless bolts ,nuts, washers. Put an elbow on one end so you turn the pipe. The cover will roll up quickly in the water . I would recommend a thin cover to make it easier to roll
Is the best color of solar cover black blue silver or clear?
I was told by a pool supply store in Cleveland, Ohio, that they have heard of more instances of the black covers falling apart than the others. The guy in the store suggested it is because the black absorbs more of the sun's heat, causing the more rapid breakdown in the material. He had heard nothing about the clear covers, but speculated that it would hold up better than the black. Swimming pool covers help retain pool heat by reducing evaporation. For this purpose, color does not matter. At night any cover will have about the same effect. During the day though, solar energy from the sun heats the pool. You see all sorts of claims from cover manufacturers that their blanket "heats" the pool. This is false. All blankets block some of the solar energy coming from the sun. So which one blocks it the least? According to a government report I read, clear covers block 5-15% of the sun while colored ones block 20-40%. It's clear that clear is the way to go (sorry about the pun). The question then becomes, should I uncover my pool during the day when it is not in use? It depends. On calm, humid days, take it off for maximum heating. On dry, windy days, the evaporation loss outweighs the cover loss, so leave it on. Always leave it on on cloudy days and at night. Dave O
How To Keep Your Pool Clean and Safe With a Proper Pool Cover?
The swimming pool is a great thing to have in the backyard on those stifling, humid summer days. What better way is there to relax after work than to take a dip in your own pool. However, there needs to be a pool cover to keep the pool water clean, and keep the pool safe from any children sneaking in without adult supervision. A very new, safe and efficient pool cover is the automatic swimming pool cover. The pool’s heating bills can be cut by 85% and also cut back on 93% of water evaporation. The cover will keep the pool cleaner from insects and leaves. This swimming pool cover not only saves energy, but also saves water, money and most importantly, lives. An average of 19,000 gallons of water can be saved each year with this automatic cover. Lower heating bills will save money. The most important reason for this kind of cover is the fact that it saves lives. Even though you may have a fence around the pool, and an alarm set if someone goes in the water, a person can still drown in a short time by being in the water alone. With the pool cover there, the person will stay on top of the cover and not even be able to go down into the water. This is certainly a peace of mind when your pool is closed for the evening, or when no one is home. The automatic pool cover has a powerful waterproof motor. It can be operated by a wireless touchpad and a touchpad to add security. There is practically zero maintenance involved with this automatic pool cover. A long warranty comes with the purchase of the cover that may exceed other pool covers in the business. If the swimming pool is small or mid-sized, a manual pool cover using a hand crank and a rope tether will also work well. It will still provide the safety and cleanliness as the automatic pool cover. For those pools that experience winter weather parts of the year, a pin-down mesh or vinyl pool cover can do the same job as the automatic pool covers. The automatic will probably not work as well in the winter and snowy weather, so a pin-down model will be just a advantageous.
How do you clear up green murky water in a above-ground intex pool if you have drained it but can't get all of the water out and will liquid algae solve the problem or do you have to shock it as well?
Don'Bother with the liquid algae control it will just stain your pool, Use an apropriate amount of liquid chlorine, this will kill the algae at the same time shock your water.
Time required to heat a 30000 gallon pool with a solar blanket cover?
We have a 36,000 gal pool with a clear solar cover/blanket. The color/thicknes/ect.. really makes little difference as we have had every type. If you keep your pool covered day and NIGHT you can expect to gain about 3-4 degrees per day if the ambient temperature during the day is above 75% and it is mostly sunny or better. The real gain from the solar cover comes at night by eliminating evaporation. As we all learned in science class the process of evaporation cools. Hence your dog pants to evaporate the saliva off from his toung and cooling himself. His own little air conditioner! This is why many vendors call it a blanket versus a cover as it insulates the pool during the night.One other thing that will help is to have your pump set to come on during the warm part of morning usually 9-10 AM and go off when the day cools off around 9 pm. Cover the pool up as soon as you are done using it. This varies by your climate but running the pump during the day keeps the water circulating and distributing heat through the pool. It has the exact same effect at night but it circulates the water up by the cover where the water is cooler. Once your pool is up to temperature (we like 80%) be carefull if you leave for the weekend. We have made this mistake only to come home to find our pool at 86%. At this temperature you can have algee blooms overnight. If it happens it would be a good time to shock the poolOne last disclaimer we live in Michigan, not in Arizona where this advice would never apply. Hope this helps.
