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Want to heat your pool to a desired temperature and find it warm still the next day? Frustrated with the amount of chemicals you need to put into your pool when it is hot out? Let’s talk a bit about above ground pool covers and how they can save you money.

I’m a pool owner, have been for 8 years now. It was in my third year of ownership that I purchased an (expensive) above ground pool winter cover. Guess what I use it for?

I cover my pool in the summer.

That’s right. When I’m done swimming for the day, I pull over the above ground pool winter cover and let that heat stay in.

Where I live in in Southern British Columbia, Canada, Nice place, we hit 70-90 degrees on occasion. Thing is, come evening, most nights you throw on a sweatshirt to keep warm. Temperatures do drop a bit come sunset.

This is when I put the cover on my pool. I like to keep the heat that my solar panels, connected to my roof, have provided all day long.

In the morning, if I want an early swim, I can roll back the cover and jump right in. I know that pool is the 85+ degrees I left it at the night before.

Now I have a backup heater system as well. It is a 25,000 BTU gas heater. When it comes on, I can actually view the gauge inside my meter moving.

Before I covered my pool, that good old gas heater would fire up around 3-4 am each morning to keep the pool to temperature. Did not think much of it until I received a couple of gas bills. Did not help that the gas company bills me every two months.

After a summer of $400 plus gas bills, I finally decided the investment into a good, quality, above ground pool cover was in order.

My cover has a blue surface with a vinyl underside. With a resistant material in the middle.

It does not work like a solar cover, it will reflect light and heat when it is on. What is does do is keep the heat inside the pool. As a side bonus, it prevents water evaporation, which has proved to be less chemicals needed as well.

Yes, I paid $1000 for the cover, once I had it custom made for my lazy L shaped pool. First year I believe I have saved that money in gas bills alone as my heater never runs.

I also get to open my pool almost a month ahead of my neighbors each spring. I put on my above ground pool cover and fire up the heater. This is my start up expense and I budget for it. My pool is hot within 48 hours and I take the cover off and on as I use the pool.

Most people are waiting for sunshine to warm their above ground pool solar covers and then loose most their heat every day in the beginning. They loose their heat the same way it comes in, through their solar blankets.

The only cover I have is the winter one.

Come winter, we get cold but rarely freeze, I keep the cover off my pool and we like the look of pool water versus a pool all bundled with leaves, rainwater and debris all on top.

sure I need to clean it on occasion, but it is worth it?

Do You Want Your Pool Cover To Save You Money?

A worry free pool cover can save you money in chemicals and heating, and it will protect your pool.

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The sun has been central to everyday life of many people starting from our very own ancestors. However, as of today, we use the sun and its properties for sophisticated tasks let alone to dry out clothes. Today in the United States, solar energy is utilized as a popular source of electricity in many homes and despite the many arguments against the usage of solar power as a source of conserving electricity, solar pool lights are used in many households to light up their pools at night.

The concept of having Solar Pool Lights became immensely popular mainly due to the fact that the usage of solar power is not only cost effective but it also beats recharging the batteries on floating lights and is less of an environmental hazard as these batteries are immensely harmful to the environment if not disposed properly. Pool lights that operate through electricity will tax you massively at the end of the day as it keeps running throughout the night. Not only solar pool lights save up your electricity bill but it will also add beauty to your pool side.

Most users believe that solar pool lights are a must have in any household. Solar pool lights absorb energy from the sun to be casted away at night illuminating your pool side with eye catching beauty. The solar energy collectors enable the battery within to recharge and switch on automatically during nightfall. The power stored within the battery is able to run up to ten hours at a stretch due to the usage of an LED light which does not take a lot of energy to run.

Using solar pool lighting or even solar energy in general is a humungous step towards reducing the liabilities of fossil fuel usage. And yet there are numerous debates against the use of solar energy. The main reason is that though Solar Pool Lights are relatively cheaper they are extremely costly to set up and a large area is needed to store the collected solar energy, though this is admittedly the only cost that one will have to bare. Note that, solar pool lights are effective to be used on outdoor pools that are not covered for sunlight in any means.

The sun has been central to everyday life of many people starting from our very own ancestors. However, as of today, we use the sun and its properties for sophisticated tasks let alone to dry out clothes. Today in the United States, solar energy is utilized as a popular source of electricity in many homes and despite the many arguments against the usage of solar power as a source of conserving electricity, solar pool lights are used in many households to light up their pools at night.

The concept of having Solar Pool Lights became immensely popular mainly due to the fact that the usage of solar power is not only cost effective but it also beats recharging the batteries on floating lights and is less of an environmental hazard as these batteries are immensely harmful to the environment if not disposed properly. Pool lights that operate through electricity will tax you massively at the end of the day as it keeps running throughout the night. Not only solar pool lights save up your electricity bill but it will also add beauty to your pool side.

Most users believe that solar pool lights are a must have in any household. Solar pool lights absorb energy from the sun to be casted away at night illuminating your pool side with eye catching beauty. The solar energy collectors enable the battery within to recharge and switch on automatically during nightfall. The power stored within the battery is able to run up to ten hours at a stretch due to the usage of an LED light which does not take a lot of energy to run.

Using solar lights for pool or even solar energy in general is a humungous step towards reducing the liabilities of fossil fuel usage. And yet there are numerous debates against the use of solar energy. The main reason is that though Solar Pool Lights are relatively cheaper they are extremely costly to set up and a large area is needed to store the collected solar energy, though this is admittedly the only cost that one will have to bare. It is also important to realize that Solar Pool Lights will not work effectively for you unless your pool is situated in an area where it gets liberal amounts of sunlight during the day. This though does not stop Solar Pool Lights from being a popular source of lighting in many households.