This solar pool heater was recently installed in NW Cape Coral, FL on a shingle roof home. The system was placed on a roof that is oriented very slightly to the northwest from west. This was done because the southeast roof was heavily shaded from tall pine trees on the adjacent lot and the southwest roof (front of the house) could …
Top 5 Energy Using Appliances in Your Home
If you are an FPL customer, you may have received an email recently that answered the question, “what are the top 5 energy users in my home?” FPL’s energy expert accurately explained how five things are the major drivers of the average utility customer’s electric bill. Those five things are: Air Conditioning Pool Pump Water Heater Lighting Clothes Dryer Well …
Solar Pool Heater on Flat Tile Roof in Cape Coral, FL
Here is a Cape Coral, FL home with a flat tile roof and a new solar pool heating system. This system was installed on a perfect south roof, and required just five panels for the small pool.
Solar Pool Panel and Solar Electric Panel Designs, Fort Myers, FL 33919
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Fort Myers, FL 33919 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating Panels, Solar Photovoltaic System BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™, Hyundai Solar Modules NOTES This Fort Myers, FL homeowner wanted to look at options for both solar pool heating and solar electricity. Unfortunately, the only suitable roof was the southeast, and it was not large …
Solar Pool Heating Panels in Naples, FL 34119
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Naples, FL 34119 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating Panels9 BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This Naples, FL home has an ideal southeast facing roof right above the pool equipment. This roof was selected because the roof over the pool was northeast facing, and the front of the house was not suitable with …
Pool Plumbing with Solar Pool Heating
The image below shows a typical Florida swimming pool plumbing setup for a pool/spa combination with solar pool heat and a backup electric heat pump. To learn what all of the components are in a pool plumbing system, keep reading! The image below was taken from above on the roof of a Bonita Springs, FL home. It shows all of …
A Closer Look at How Solar Pool Heating Plumbing Works
You may have already seen our explanation of how a solar pool heating system works. This is a closer look at the plumbing involved in a solar pool heating system. Solar pool heaters use your existing pump and pool plumbing with an added valve manifold to bypass the solar panels when not in use. Below is a graphic that explains …
Cape Coral, FL Solar Pool Heater Design
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Cape Coral, FL 33914 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This home in Cape Coral, FL has as pretty straightforward design, but the pool is deceptively large at 400 square feet. To get maximum performance we decided to optimize the system with the majority of panels on the southwest …
Bonita Springs, FL Solar Pool Heater Design
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Bonita Springs, FL 34134 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This home in Bonita Springs, FL has a large pool that required using two roofs for solar pool heating panels. The home has ideal orientation with no shading, but the roofs were relatively small compared to the pool. A …
Solar Pool Heater System Design in Cape Coral, 33991
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Cape Coral, FL 33991 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This home in Cape Coral, FL has a small pool at just 268 sq ft of surface area. As a result, we can get away with a smaller solar pool heating system, especially because it is on the south roof …
Solar Pool Heater Design in Cape Coral, 33914
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Cape Coral, FL 33914 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This home in Cape Coral, FL has a large pool, so we wanted to maximize the southwest roof with solar pool heating panels to achieve the maximum coverage. Since solar pool heaters are sized based on pool surface area, …
Naples, FL Solar Pool Heater Installation
Here is a picture of a second-story roof installation of a solar pool heater in Naples, FL on a tile roof. This is a small system providing supplemental heating to a traditional heater. We call this a hybrid solar pool heater.
Cape Coral, FL Solar Pool Heating System Design Above Pool Cage
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Cape Coral, FL 33914 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This home in Cape Coral, FL has a huge tree in the front yard, shading the best south roof. As a result, we selected a west roof and smaller south roof to minimize shading impacts and maximize solar pool …
Community of Solar Pool Heating Systems in Fort Myers, FL
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Fort Myers, FL 33913 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES It’s not uncommon for solar pool heating to spread like wildfire in neighborhoods. Once one neighbor installs a solar pool heater, many others often follow suit. Recently several owners in a community in Fort Myers, FL decided to …
Cape Coral, FL Solar Pool Heating Design with Possible Shading
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Cape Coral, FL 33914 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating and Solar Water Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ and SunEarth Empire Series NOTES This roof in Cape Coral, FL is heavily shaded, so we depicted solar pool heating panels and a solar water heating panel as high as possible on the roof to …
Solar Pool Heating is Very Popular in Southwest Florida
In case you didn’t notice, tens of thousands of homes have solar pool heaters in Southwest Florida. It’s is rare to find a community that does not have a home with a solar pool heater, and some are absolutely chock full of warm pools year-round. I came across the golf neighborhood of Long Meadow in Rotonda, FL, just north of …
Solar Pool Heater in Marco Island
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Marco Island, FL 34145 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This home has a great Southeast facing roof, but to maximize heating performance we showed two panels wrapping around to the Southwest roof to get adequate coverage for a sizeable pool.
Solar Pool Heater in Punta Gorda, FL on SE and SW roofs
Solar Energy System Design by Florida Solar Design Group LOCATION Punta Gorda, FL 33983 PRODUCT(S) Solar Pool Heating BRANDS FAFCO Sunsaver™ NOTES This home has a Southwest and Southeast facing roofs, which provides the best of both worlds for morning and afternoon pool heating. A staggered configuration on the SW roof is possible, but this layout will provide the best …
Pentair SunTouch — Product Spotlight
The SunTouch is one step up from its little brother, the SolarTouch. It is a surprisingly capable complete pool automation controller for the money, featuring the ability to control a pool and spa combination, an auxiliary heater (gas or heat pump), and other pool functions. In fact, even if you don’t have a solar pool heater, the SunTouch is something …