Has anyone used one a liquid solar blanket in their swimming pool? Do they work?
I have one of the solar fish in my pool. I put it in about 3 weeks ago. It has helped somewhat (I don't have a thermometer in there, so I don't know exactly what temperature rise I've gotten, but I can feel the difference). My pool only gets full sun for about 4 hours a day, so if yours gets more, I'm sure it will do better.
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My experience in the swimming pool industry is on the residential end. Being certified as a CPO myself, I understand that there is a world of difference between residential and commercial pools (as my colleague here obviously has the advantage over me in this area.).
I agree with what he is saying about how they work and what effects they would have on the water (since they primarily work by cutting down on evaporation), but I believe these effects would be more pronounced in a much more heavy-usage commercial application. (Since residential pools will generally have a much lower bather load, and as one of the consequences, generally produce lower chloramine levels.)
As far as the chlorine demand issue goes, I know already that it is going to increase my chlorine demand simply if it does what its intended to do; raise the temperature of the water. As far as the chloramine levels go, I haven't seen any appreciable difference so far (by testing), but we'll see how it goes.
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