Steinbach Compact Solar Panel - 049123 LDPE Collectors for Pools up to 20,000 l - Also Suitable for Salt Water - 600 x 70 cm

This is our pools set-up which we hyave used for the last three summers.....3.66m x 1.2m round frame pool.Steinbach Speed Clean Comfort 50 pump and filter.2 x two of these units on a wood frame on garage roofWith this configuration, the pump circulates aprox 6.5 cubic meters of water per hour. However, even at this high rate of flow the water coming INTO the pool is typically +1.0 degree warmer than the water going out. Obviously this varies depending on the weather, +0.4-1.0 degress on a light cloudy day but as much as +2.0 on a very hot and sunny day.I know these changes may not sound much, but over the course of 3 x 8 hours days our pool went from its fill temperature of 19 degrees, upto evening telperature on the third day of 28 degrees. Not bad for free heat.I have noticed that the negative reviews tend to have something in common..... leaks. When I first got the panels I also suffered from water leaks and from air being drawn into the system. However, I have totally cured both problems by doing two simple things.1) smear a litght coating of petroleum jelly onto the o-rings on the male connectors. This stops the o-rings from riding up out of their grove when you insert the male connector into the female connector.2) fix the top and bottom rails to a straight piece of wood (I use cable ties). This prevents the rails from bending which in turn cause leaks.By doing these two simple things not only meant I could put the panels on our garage roof (2m higher than the level of the pool water) while having no water leaks, but when the pump is turned off I had no air being drawn back into the system.We now have a pool that is cheap to run, is fun to use and which we can get in straight away. No more inch by inch submerging as you try to adapt to the cold water. Up the ladder and in.

Good idea and much cheaper than building your own. However, you need a good sunny day to get good heat from it. Needs lots of investment in managing flow and insulating target (ie the pool) to make it worth while for a larger application. If you have 4 or 5 cold days as we did this summer, the game is up in maintaining heat in a pool.I put four of these together and got temps hot enough to scold if water left for 10 mins and then pumped for 5mins on a hot day. I was trying to heat a large 24x12ft above ground pool which might be ambitious. I did well in July when temps were good for weeks and kids loved it, but the poor weather in August meant I got no heat input at all and pool lies unused.Whatever the outcome, it was good fun to apply theories of solar heating and save money on electric bill at same time!

Assembly instructions rather vague, though well assembled. Purchased as a lightning deal so at this price was great value for money

will look forward to using it next year!

VERY GOOD BUT IT NEEDS TO VERY HOT SUNY DAY

very pleased with my purchase

Good in theory but the connections are terrible, small plastic lugs secure the fittings and they snap off too easily. The manufacturers do not help, so after less than 2 years use our 10 panels are now reduced to four. I would NOT buy these again.

Good for the price

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Muito bom para aquecer a água da piscina sem utilizar electricidade

Permet de réchauffer l'eau de la piscine gratuitement. J'arrive à monter la température de ma piscine à 30 degrés quand il fait vraiment chaud.

Non ho messo le 5 stelle solo perché voglio verificare il comportamento del pannello nei mesi più caldi.L'installazione è stata abbastanza semplice e, come da descrizione, deve essere aggiunta valvola a 3 vie e raccordo a T.Le fascette sono abbastanza "scarse" e ne ho dovute mettere due affiancate.Devono essere per forza appoggiati a terra a meno che non si decida di fare una struttura piana con leggiera inclinazione; se si appoggiano contro una parete verticale, si sovrappongono le due strisce perché si "affloscia" una sull'altra.La resa non è male e mi sembra che si riesca ad incrementare la temperatura della piscina di circa 3°C.Non ho riscontrato, per ora perdite, dai raccordi rapidi del pannello; per intenderci, quelli che si assemblano con la guarnizione or.Considerando la cifra abbastanza bassa, penso proprio di aver fatto una scelta azzeccata che mi sento di raccomandare.

Fait son job !Installation ultra simple, je les ai surélevé afin de ne pas bruler le gazon.Tapis de bonne qualité, robuste et assez rigide. Installé depuis quelques semaines, je n'ai pas mis de téflon, j'ai préféré bien graisser les joints et j'ai fais très attention à l'insertion des tuyaux, résultat : pas de fuite. Seul bémol, les connectiques des tapis pas vraiment top, une fois installé et pas de fuite, ne plus manipuler.Un petit conseil, regraissez les joints à chaque fin d'utilisation et mise en stockage, privilégiez la graisse vaseline mécanique (pas d'odeur), cela évitera que les joints sèchent et craquent l'année suivante .L'efficacité pour une piscine de 16m3, c'est pas transcendant mais bon, cela reste correct, permet de prendre quelques degrés lorsque le soleil est au rendez-vous (dans le nord de la France, c'est pas gagné !)2ème astuce : cela à un coût mais afin de limité la déperdition de température, installez des plaques en polyuréthane extrudé mini 30mm d'épaisseur, cela protège le fond de la piscine et isole du froid du sol et une bonne bâche à bulle pour le soir.Hier, 22°C en extérieur mais 3 jours de plein soleil sans nuage ... température d'eau à 27°C, de quoi faire de bonnes baignades ;-)