Corey

Just as the pool was warming up nicely and I was going to take a picture (with lawn cut and everything to look nice, lol) I get a nice dump of snow (5 cm of it) so now I have to wait till it melts, that also means no swimming for about a week I may end up considering a wood burning heater to speed up the process then have solar as a back up.

Sounds good, when I buy the second panel I am also going to buy the mounting kit and I will take pictures to show you.

Yes that is right, but if you get a day with sun all day and warm temperatures (20-25 degrees C, 70-79 degrees F) it can climb about 15 degrees, it is recommended for a pool size like mine (8200 gal.) that you have two of them. Yes one does take up a lot of room but you can get a kit (or make one yourself) so you can lean one up onto the side of the pool and lay the other one on the ground. the biggest problem I had was setting it up, the 2 panels that came in it were rolled up together and it was hard unrolling them and keeping them unrolled so the sun could soften them up to make them more flexable, the second problem I had was leaks at 3 places where the water entered, the bypass valve, and where the water exited, I used plumbers tape on the threads and tightened them up really good but still ended up with leaks (a whole roll of duct tape on each one fixed that, lol)

Actually yes I did, I bought one and it worked a little (hottest pool got was 20 degrees C, 70 degrees F), I'm going to buy a second one and hopefully that will bring it up a little more to make it really nice.

That is true and after research and calling surrounding communities the cheapest heater was an electric heater that cost $2100.00 CDN. It is a lot but thinking about the long term cost plus thinking I bought a pool for $1000.00 plus a SWG for $300 that I can only use on certain days due to pool temp not outdoor temp. it would be worth the cost in the long run. I will deffinately look into that, living on an acerage with lots of trees would make it a good possibility. I would be more than willing to pay that much for a heater (especially if it will work heating approx. 8200 gal. of water) cheapest I've found (That's calling Red Deer, Edmonton and Calgary) was $2100.00

I have considered gas heaters but I have no way of hooking them up, I would need an external tank of gas that I would have to take into the city for refueling. I considered a heat pump but am not sure how good they are considering the climate here, I read that you need warm air for it to work good.

Hi, I am new at all this and have a 13' x 22' x 53" pool but cause of my climate (central Alberta) the pool is almost always too cold to swim in. After calling around I found no one that sells small pool heaters (electric) and I found a couple lights that are designed to produce a lot of heat and is weather resistant (meant for outdoor use) If I bought a couple of them and fixed them so they would project the heat down onto the water of the pool would it heat the pool up enough (with or without a solar cover on) or would it be a waste of time? any help with this would be appreciated.