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Originally Posted by raymr
I read somewhere that the panel area should equal at least half of the pool surface. My pool is 40x20 oval, or about 700 sqft. By that calculation, I need at least 10 8x4 panels! I have room for 3 or 4, without locating them out in the lawn somewhere. Whats your surface ratio, roughly?
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Stuff and nonsense,got a 30by 20 kidney-shaped pool,3'-4'-6'and 12for diving, and 4,yes,count'em 4 4by8collector panels are quite sufficient to heat the water.
Remember,I also have an insulated storage tank and during "normal"sunny days if the outside temp is say 69-70 it will take roughly an hour to give me around 80.
There is so much information on the web in this regard,hell! my technology is 6 years old!
Best part is that now they're soldered into the domestic hot water supply,damn fine when you don't hear the oil burner roaring on with it's whiney staccato when taking a shower.
