Copper Pipe Pool Heater

The absorbing fin sections are mechanically bonded 360 around a od seamless copper flow tubing and crimped on its horizontal axes for maximum heat transfer.

Copper pipe pool heater.

Building the collector box. Copper problems can be controlled with proper chemical treatment and techniques. Naturally occurring copper is occasionally found in well water. Start with the actual collector.

The absorbing fin thickness is 012 pre painted aluminum. Metal plumbing copper or galvanized steel plumbing systems should not be used for swimming pools and hot tubs however there are still some copper plumbed pools in operation. If you have metal plumbing lines on your pool you can bet that you will end up replacing those pipes at some point. Sun ray pool panels are made of a number of roll formed copper aluminum fin tubes spaced 4 apart or less.

Manifold and backing plate. Copper flashing backing plate. A solar assisted pool heater is very easy to construct and use. Copper pipe is more earthquake resistant than pvc or cpvc and has a melting point 5x higher than cpvc so it won t burn in a fire like plastic pipe.

Black pvc pipe works but copper pipe painted black works even better. Either coil the copper pipe or lay the pvc pipe back and forth on the plywood. Materials one old but useful fire pit or grill 60 foot coil of 3 8 copper tubing 10 feet 1 2 water hose plastic 1 2 female water hose adapter recommended and zip tie 6 feet black foam pipe insulator 1 2 hose clamp comes with female hose adapter above 4 wire copper pipe hangers 1000. Mount them to the board using either adhesive or pipe mounts.

For home plumbing copper pipe has several advantages. There are only a few important parts. Copper pipe for pools built in the 50 s and 60 s copper pipe was used as the standard before pvc pipe came into use. It is copper from this source or from corrosion of copper heater cores or piping that is capable of causing blue green or even dark colored staining or discoloration.

It depends on how low your ph is how long you pool has had the low ph and how much metal is exposed to the pool water to determine how much copper is being released into the pool.