DIY Solar Water Heater - Build A Solar Pool Heater From Polycarbonate Sheet

[@SkrawnCPT]

How is this literally the ONLY video that demonstrates this method?? It's far neater, easier and quicker.

[@50FTY]

Must say ,,, One of the best ideas seen till now....

[@geoffrey1988spijk]

Great movie. I saw this movie a year ago. And i tought i give it a try. I have a 5x3 roof of these plates covering my pool. I connected al 5 panels. I did not painted the plates black. But at sunny day outside temp 21C. Water comming out 35/45C its crazy. Thanks 👍

[@regioagentur.netudowierlem3802]

Prima Sache ! Bin über meine Suche nach einer guten Kombi mit Winter-Heizung für ein Hochbeet und Direktheizfläche für ein Sommer-Wasserbecken nebst Halb-Beschattung eines Innenhofes auf das Video gesurft. Eine solche Polycarbonat-Sandwichplatte (mit aktiver Isolierung) wäre, so denke ich die beste Kombi. Ich habe schon das schöne grünliche Licht im Patio vor Augen, wenn es im inneren der Platte eine Grünalgenablagerung ansiedeln könnte...

[@davidbohinsky6680]

prekvapilo ma to že to je slovenské video ... a dokonca milión zhliadnutí. Super nápad, a vyzerá to dobre :)

[@daviddavid9837]

I did something a little more low-tech when I was 16 with a garden hose and a corrugated steel panel. I feel so affirmed! It took a few years, but I'll take it as a win!

[@willy8383]

Сергею Юрко Респект в его работе и задаче. Молодец!

[@Shodan91]

Super video, som hrdy na nas Slovakov, planujem prestavit pristresok na terasu, tento napad pouzijem na strechu, super napad. Pozdravujem z Nemecka. :D

[@donprego1]

wreszcie sesowne rozwiazanie porblemu zimnej wody w basenie , Dzieki!!!!

[@MrAmanW]

Brilliant. I wish I had seen this video before I made my setup. I just ran about 800 feet of 1/2" black piping, 200ft in the typical youtube wood frame coil, 300 feet back and forth on a south facing fence, and the last 300 feet coiled over the exhaust fan of my AC. I get a consistent output of about 40-44 degrees C on 30 degree days and 35 on a regular day. Currently my pump is only moving about 180 liters of water per hour from a 10,000 liter pool. I love how clean this looks and don't mind higher volume of water with a lower temp of 30 degrees C as 30 degree water is plenty warm.

[@oliverbork2627]

How big is your pool? How long does it take up your pool?

[@gladyshughes8497]

Works well, you can feel the warmer water coming back into the pool after running through the mat. Wish the inlet/outlet ports were adjustable, but overall, a good and efficient way to raise the water temp.

[@stephenackroyd6466]

By far one of the best solutions compared to the usual spiral hosing

[@cryptopaul329]

One of the vest DIY solar panel videos I've seen maximum use of surface area and showing temps and weather 👍

[@petkuscinta9797]

No tak to je super! myslienka. Pozdravujeme Vrable z Australie. Vyskusame tu v Queenslande !

[@vertigor.6441]

geniale Idee! genau so einen schlaue jedoch einfache Ingenieurleistung hab ich gesucht! Vielen Dank

[@petkuscinta9797]

Great idea! I think I will try this but make the frame float on top of the pool so not only it would heat the pool (pump being run by solar panel outside pool) but it will function also as a pool blanket.

[@haroldwestrich3312]

I like your stream of thought, however; The energy you get for heating your water is exactly the square inches of your solar collector multiplied by the energy of the sun. When you cover your pool water surface with this - it eliminates exactly the square inches of sunlight from hitting your pool directly. This means you net gain would be ZERO when compared to having a pool that is wide open to the sun PLUS a number of these panels off to the side. To make it more clear - - your pool in direct sun will heat up eventually. Now if you put a solar collector that is exactly the size of your pool - above the pool as a sun shade - your pool will NEVER warm up unless the collector is running and at best your pool would gain 75 to 80% of the suns power while being cooled by the ambient air. Remember your losing radiant heat from the collectors as well as evaporative losses from the pool's water evaporation (Which Is HUGE)

[@SandLeopard003]

YOU ARE GENIUS, BEST OF THE BEST. Easy neet and functional. Looks industrial too.

[@Mark-M72]

great stuff, just spent a lot more than i intended making one with wood, hose line and this stuff, could have done it for a third of the price if only i had seen this 4 months ago :-P, and it would be a fraction of the weight too . . . . top marks :-D

[@haroldwestrich3312]

This is the best DIY designs I have ever seen ! ! Curious why you used tinted PC sheet? it seems that clear would be a little better (not much but would help) . ALSO: It helps to reduce reflection if you lightly remove the shiny surface from the top side the same way you roughed the bottom surface for the paint. Shiny surfaces reflect a pretty high percentage of sunlight especially when the sun is hitting it at an angle (the more the angle the more reflective losses you get and past 45° you get very little energy.) Thank you so much for the video. NOTE: if anyone talks about shading their pool with these panels - they need to calculate in the loss of direct sunlight going into the pool water - therefore they would need to build many more panels than the number it takes to cover the pool - it's best to shade an area beside the pool . of course if the pool is built into a greenhouse type enclosure they will be preventing evaporative losses so they could benefit from panels on the roof of that. AGAIN : Best system I have seen because this system utilizes every square inch and does not rely on conductivity of copper or any pipe before heating water ! ! ! AWESOME THANK YOU

[@martinnovotny4187]

Roughing (disrupting) the top of the PC board is a very bad idea. The upper side is covered with a UV resistant coating that protects the plastic from degradation. Once removed, your panel will fall apart in a few years! One could consider spraying it with a UV-resistant matte varnish. But even professional vacuum panels have a shiny glass top!

[@klausmikalaus]

Доброго дня!! Потрясающая идея, и чёткая реализация!!! Спасибо огромное Вам!

[@vrtsgme]

Love the innovation by using this material. Will try this. Thank you!

[@rl1111rl]

Please post a video when you do.

[@thifacchini]

I wonder how do you adequate the water flow of the panel with your pump output… It would make the perfect roof for my pump / filter area, not to mention I would be able to avoid hoses all over the place and the need for yet another external pump

[@haploguy]

Imagine using a flexible policarbonate sheet as an arked sunroof over your pool...... genius using this type of sheet.

[@VeraMaier]

With two tent-type non-flexible sheet in East-West direction you get morning and evening sun. In the time you probably want to swim.

[@BleughBleugh]

Superb work!

[@martinnovotny4187]

Zajímavý nápad! Ale... Jak řešíte situaci, kdy je už voda v bazénu dostatečně teplá a praží slunce? Když vypnete průtok panelem. Panel bude mít tendenci vyvařit vodu a přehřát se, ne? Pokud jde o konstrukci, nebylo by jednodušší, nedělat tam labyrint, ale zapojit všechny komory paralelně? Výkon do vody bude stejný, sice se sníží rozdíl teplot, ale vzroste průtok a sníží se odpor pro čerpadlo filtrace. Tím, že se níží výstupní teplota, tak bude v "normálním režimu" PC míň tepelně namáhaný.

[@piotrgrzegorzewski7759]

To będzie ciekło !

[@robson82PL]

Najlepszy pomysł widziałem na yt

[@oussamaxoussamax2864]

Very cleaver & clean job

[@kukomio]

thank you :)

[@pangrac1]

Super idea! 👍🤓

[@imwade3]

The music sucks! love the idea!

[@jhfdhgvnbjm75]

Top marks for finding a simple hack to the hell of coiling tubes, and it looks great, but I'm a bit dubious about the long-term nature of the seals. how has it held up over the two years you've had it?

[@chadfellers9128]

Add foam panel to back side for better termo heat exchange and less loss.. If you build a box around it with 2x6 and add clear cover it will protect it and you will get higher exit temps due to more heat trapped inside box

[@chadfellers9128]

A metal back plate painted black would be better then painting back black...

[@chessmasterrr]

Good ideas but is not risk of melting the polycarbonate ?

[@VeraMaier]

@@chessmasterrr In fact! Water could get 100°C ! coocking

[@martinnovotny4187]

@@chessmasterrr Quality polycarbonate should withstand 120-130 degrees. So 100 degree boiling point of water is OK. The problem arises when the pump stops working and the water starts to boil. Vapor pressure is not a problem (the panel is not closed), but it will continue to heat up (easily above 130 degrees) and the PC will be damaged.

[@alicebarnes1206]

What brand or type of caulking did you use? Have you had any problems with leaks?

[@sandravisserrealtorofexpre8777]

What was the brown stuff and what was the purpose? Looks like it has potential but would have liked some descriptions rather than background music.

[@emailjwr]

Brown stuff is caulking to make a seal at the sides of the polycarbonate sheet. This makes it a sealed loop. Agree, more detail would be helpful though!

[@jenswackenreuter5209]

Hallo, wieviel Rippen überschneiden sich auf der gegenüberliegenden Seite? Hello, how many ribs overlap on the opposite side

[@kosajatozvon9365]

Some new idea, great !

[@TheFrugalMombot]

Do you have an article or something describing some of the things you are doing and showing what exactly you’re doing in certain parts. You can’t really tell what is being cut out, for instance, or why. It would be nice to have more details and explanations by maybe giving a little blurb in the video during each part explaining what and why

[@aaronbayer2562]

He is cutting every other 4 ribs out then skip the ones cut on other side so the water has to flow like a line at airport

[@SkrawnCPT]

Please can you put a link to the polycarbonate sheets.

[@lorraineoliver4942]

Just seen this but cannot find any 16mm twin walled polycarbonate. All the 16mm seems to be multiwalled.

[@MrKal321]

What's the water flow rate for the approx 14C temperature gain shown?

[@tsufulzoo1]

Great idea and execution! Still working without a problems?

[@GunnerAl9]

Music is a distraction, it would have been better to talk us through it and if you experienced any issues.

[@wastelander6341]

OK so I wanna do this. So the white pipe is the outlet to the pool. Is the black pipe the feed from the water mains?

[@andrewstafford-jones4291]

I heat my pool with 10 x 1.4KW Solar thermal panels as 2 x 5 panels paralleled up.My temperatures off the panels are generally 60-80 C but easily go to 130 C if flow rates drop. This is pressurised to 3.5 bar so the Glycol/water mix remains liquid. This feeds a s/steel heat exchanger and gives a delta T of between 10 and 20 degrees on the feed and return of the panels. The pool water however has a gain of just 1-2 degrees Celsius but with a massive flow rate. The pool will gain about 8 c a day with good sun, topping out at 32 degrees c. Beware - Solar Panels can be very hot, when things go wrong and the panels boil, the water will go to 160 degrees Celsius !!!

[@arjanhassing6345]

Is thete a steam explosion risk along with it? Just asking/mentioning. Better safe than sorry...

[@juancarloslopez5430]

Nombre del pegamento gracias

[@yankluc]

En verano el agua dentro del alveolar puede ser muy alta, saben hasta que temperatura soportará el policarbonato?

[@deanwoodyatt1891]

Genius!

[@TheHerozz]

fantastico é o melhor o mais tecnico e perfeito e vi varios PERFECT .... WR BRASIL

[@vplph]

Genius idea! Thank you

[@pablomuszalski3076]

Exelente proyecto, felicitaciones. Estoy intentando hacer lo mismo, pero veo que standard, no vienen perfiles U o H de cierre en policarbonato. En tu proyecto veo que usaste una H de Aluminio. Podrias, pasarme las medidas de esa H? Que tipo de sellador estas utilizando? Gracias!

[@Eugene_Yav]

Cool idea

[@a2kcollett]

Frustratingly can't find twinwall 16mm polycarbonate sheets in the UK !!!

[@Дмитрий-л8н]

Спасибо брат Славянин!

[@ivodvorak6113]

Který z vašich absorberu má větší účinnost. Hadicový nebo z polykarbonátu? Díky

[@petervolgyi]

Dobrý nápad 👍

[@МуратДышеков-е4р]

Нормальный проточный нагреватель)

[@ict_spiritadept]

I dont get it, didnt you cut the other side?

[@michaelcover6667]

hello which black color has higher efficiency? glossy or matte?

[@utubewillyman]

Nice. Am I the only person that thinks that putting reflective aluminum foil insulation on the underside of this would raise the temperature even further?

[@davidbentley7198]

I believe the bottom side is painted black

[@odeball22]

My uncle has one of these they work very well

[@gnat5865]

Where your uncle bought that panel?

[@urumaguam]

Parece muy buena la idea. Hiciste el clentador con caños y ahora este con la placa de policarbonato. Cual es mejor??

[@oneyaker]

Dobrej napad!

[@kukomio]

Dakujem :)

[@JD-rf5xy]

a great job. Thank you very much

[@whiteapricot8212]

Кто тут зашел с канала Сергея Юрко )

[@рассказыизРостова]

я

[@Дмитрий-л8н]

А кто это?

[@Uneke]

Could use a dado blade to cut the fins faster

[@PhG1961]

Great ingenuity !

[@fisher7452]

Идея хороша. Но стоимость 16мм поликарбоната (учитывая, что не нашёл в продаже листов меньше 6-х метров) несколько удручает, по сравнению со стоимостью 20мм трубы ПНД для кольцевого коллектора. Хотя если есть обрезок - то оно самое то, Можно ещё и как навес для дровницы использовать. )))

[@ИонНеря]

Так обрезал по полам и сделал два.

[@francoMe-]

Great idea, Good Job. Did you test pressure resistance of the panels ?

[@LyOranDIY]

Tu les trouve ou ces panneaux plycarbonate?

[@jonluvslqc]

@Kukomio: curious, why did you use so much caulk?

[@emtae65]

I'm still not clear on how the water travels in a distinctive path through the poly ???

[@awerskto]

After they are cut out alternately. So that the water could flow in every second. Kind of like a final level snake game or a maze.

[@fredNS]

“communicating vessels”

[@glike2]

This is series, parallel would be more efficient

[@morfikcz]

@@glike2 no series is more efficient, water in paraller travel much shorter distance than in series - it has less time to get heat from sun

[@VeraMaier]

@@morfikcz Sounds logical, but is wrong. Zero troughput = max. temperature but of no use, since it does not flow to the pool. As higher the troughput temperature lowers, but you get a heated pool. And heating cold water is easier than heating hot water. The area of sun input is the key factor - parallel flow not.

[@johntreweeks9345]

great video. how long does it last at those temperatures? I find that my pool water cools the pipes down in the solar heater I made using black hose coiled on black wood... so the first 5 minutes are fantastic warm water. but then the pipes can not maintain the temperature under the sun alone. so my 33 degrees output quickly drops to 24/25 degrees which just doesn't heat up my 4000L pool enough. I've since made a wood burner

[@leoncryp8182]

I too would like to know, As I doubt he is getting delta 16 C difference with continuous use, that bucket he uses looks like a 10-15L bucket, his solar collector holds 31 L, UPDATE: I change my mind, after reviewing another guys design = Sergiy Yurko kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWbTmHxra72qbJY I estimate his heater to be about 0.4x2m = 0.8m2 and he gets 7 c Delta Sergiy Yurko : shows he initially getting 58c then stable at 33c out, 26c in, he then measure the temp of the black metal solar heater it is 31-42c kukomio : I think he is getting 16 C after continuous use, heater is larger 0.88m x 2.2m = 1.9m2 So 16 c Delta seems legit when compared with each other

[@wtfisdat6382]

you're flowing too much water. Literally rushing past your heater before it's heated. The same thing would happen on a wood burner if you were outpacing the heated surface with flow. Use a lower gpm/lpm pump, perhaps even a solar powered one (like fountains use) and you'll be shocked at the difference.

[@TheRealBaDaBingDK]

@@wtfisdat6382 If you are circulating the pool water through the heater and back in the pool, whether sun or burner heated, the flow means nothing.

[@James-ou7sx]

@@TheRealBaDaBingDK It's not nothing. The hotter the water gets the less efficient it is at heating the water. Like if the water hits max temp half way through the panel the flow is too low. The colder you can keep the whole thing by having a higher flow the more you will heat the pool overall.

[@futureproof.health]

You would think flow Matters. And it does. But thermodynics don't care. Fast or slow heat flows from hot to cold. There is just is not enough BTU to move the dial on that much water.. need several of these or evac tube

[@trifonebari8408]

is a 150x210 cm x 16mm polycarbonate sheet enough for an above ground pool with a size of 5.49x122 cm to heat the water to an average temperature of 28 degrees? and more or less how long can it take?

[@danmcbride6258]

What kind of a pump are using. Size of pump and hose?

[@deffstar69]

Been looking making a solar heater for my pool. Think this is my way forward thx

[@brianwall2182]

Clean and clever! But wow, that polycarbonate sheet costs $180 USD alone at Home Depot! How long will this last before it starts to deteriorate and fail?

[@VeraMaier]

They also have cheaper 6mm panels. Since the area is the same it may work as effective. Use the channels parallel, and you reduce flow resistance.

[@Alex-sn7no]

@@VeraMaier Does parallel mean you clip every other row?

[@DavidGarcia-kf9wo]

Good idea

[@kukomio]

Thank you :)

[@SergioERestrepo]

I’m new to this. But how do you then integrate into an already existing pool pump system?

[@rossmcgregor3364]

You need to add a switch/valve that can close off your filter and go to a second pipe. This pipe will run to your heating system. If it is solar then it will run to your panels or tubes.

[@loopie007]

The best would be to pull the water from the bottom of the pool, where it is the coldest. Most pools have a drain at the bottom. Tap into that line and pull from there. Most pools have a place to fill the pool that injects near the middle. That would be good to push back out.

@@loopie007 I was thinking of doing like that too :)

[@Mikesroadtrip-ec5kp]

Where did you find the base?

[@borhasa]

а на куя летом в жару нужна горячая вода ? понимаю зимой ну а летом зачем.

[@izmirfication]

Are inlet and drain fittings placed diagonally on the poly board, or Im missing something, ıf the heater placed on the roof apprx with a 5 m height then a small drain pump may be needed, very clean and good job,

[@andrzejmusio4984]

super

[@kukomio]

Thank you :)

[@MarioRatta]

Hi great job, but I have a question to ask the which pressure panel supports

[@VeraMaier]

You can try it with a test pice: The weakest parts it that were he did cut out the plastic. Give pressure on such a part (including the pipe connector, which also is weaker) it and rise pressure til it is bursting. Consider much lower pressure since even if called UV-resistent, UV will weaken anything.

[@kaef2027]

Jaka pompa została użyta do przesyłu wody?

[@kosajatozvon9365]

Bez pompy, tylko naturalna cyrkulacja wody. Dlatego panel musi być umieszczony niżej niż basen.

[@nickblacksoul4318]

Smart ....

[@desertflyer5123]

Polycarbonate is hygroscopic and will deteriorate quickly. Better to use UV inhibited vinyl or EPDM rubber.

[@VeraMaier]

Really? More details/data?

[@GregHighPressure]

most poly i can buy has a UV protective layer on one side

[@2Drezik]

Nice !

[@JoseReyes-os6of]

Te faltó el efecto invernadero para que suba mas la temperatura, muy buena idea gracias por subir el video saludos desde México

[@gnat5865]

Где можно купить этот поликарбонат который на видео?

[@kosajatozvon9365]

dimensions are: 16 mm x 2.2 m x 0.88 m ?

[@kukomio]

The size of the panel is 2x1m and the thickness is 16mm, one passage has dimensions 16mm x 22mm x 2m (after cutting). The number of passes is 44, which means 44x2m = 88m The length of the water flow is 88m.

[@dinky7749]

This is a cool idea but what is the starting temp of the water before hitting the heater or what is the actually rise?

[@daveparker839]

I think this is shown at 9:10 and is 16.3 degrees C.

[@jorgealfonsogodoy1143]

CHACO ARGENTINA ..MUY BUENO

[@kukomio]

Muchas gracias :)

[@simutu3586]

There goes my idea for busines....jbg.

[@glike2]

Excellent, but why not parallel for less pressure drop, less flow restriction, less friction...

[@jdparadis4925]

Less heat in parallel no?

[@VeraMaier]

You are right! And even easier construction.

[@Alex-sn7no]

@@VeraMaier how do you construct?

[@kevintwitchettold]

Looks amazing and so neat! What kind of pump are you using to take the water from the pool and thro the heat exchanger?

[@FrancisdeBriey]

I am doing it ! I will let you know ;-)

[@jonluvslqc]

How'd it go?

[@p_peja]

Add black color to water, so the heat will be trapped directly in water. Then with heat exchange (copper coil) heat whatever you want.

[@leomauri5394]

hola cuantos espirales necesitaria para una Piscina de 45000 litros (8x4 x1,4 metros) aproximado? Gracias

[@blasenentzundungbummm1686]

Mit selber gebauten Parabol-Spiegel und Glas kommst du billiger und es heizt besser , schneller .

[@robi2757]

Nie panel tylko kolektor - drobna różnica w nazwie, ale ma znaczenie