Cheaper Water Heating

On April 09, 2008 in Uncategorized

I ran across some pretty cheap pool heaters:

4′x8′ Enersol solar collector with 15 year warranty  $190 from solarcovers.com

FAFCO 2′x20′ solar collector with 10 year warranty $135 from poolproducts.com

Smarthome.com has a similar 2′x20′ collector with 5 year warranty for $130. They say it has a 40,000 BTU rating, and they also offer a 4′x20′ for $250. They have a good online pdf collector installation manual that has some good diagrams and info.

Interestingly enough while browsing through the manual I noticed that you will void the warranty if using mounting hardware other than what the manufacturer provides, so watch out for that all of you people that like to DIY.

I understand that these are intended for heating pools but since the prices on similar items not geared towards pools is quite a bit higher, this might be just the ticket for the DIY’er that doesn’t want to drop $700 for an evacuated tube collector or even build their own collector.

Sometimes time saved is money saved.

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