For many owners of Del Mar real estate, swimming is the best way to beat the heat. Especially in winter when the Pacific Ocean is to cold for fun without a wet suit.  But during Southern California's sunny winters and summers your pool's water could still be a bit nippy.  Pool owners can choose to heat the water with propane or electric heaters but they will find these systems expensive to install, costly to run, and a unnecessary consumers of non-renewable energy and emitters of greenhouse gases.  The intelligent way for Del Mar home owners to heat their pools is to turn to Southern California limitless supply of free energy - the SUN.  Solar pool heaters are a very inexpensive way to warm the waters and put a chill on your energy bills.

The basic components of solar pool heating system are your pool pump, PVC piping, and plastic solar panels.  The solar panels are comprised of a series of small tubes that carry the water through the panel, the PVC piping carries the water from the pump to the panels and from the panels to the filter. The panels are installed on the roof in a location that provides maximum exposure to the sun.  By running the pool pump only during sunlight hours you will be able to gain 5 to 10 plus degrees of heat to your pool water without spending hundreds of dollars on burning greenhouse gas emitting fuels.  So be smart, go green, and use Solar Energy to heat your Del Mar home's swimming pool.