Dry air cools outdoor swimming pools, it is thirsty and evaporates pool water. This evaporation cooling effect is similar to a swamp cooler, the higher the wind speed the greater the rate of evaporation. The other pool water temperature loss factor, especially at higher altitudes, is low nighttime ambient air temperatures. An uncovered swimming pool, in this region, will offer tolerable 80 degree pool water less than 3 months out of the year.
                            

Heliocol solar pool heaters will exceed 80 degrees 6 to 8 months, and with a pool cover in early Spring and late Fall, over 9 months. Besides increasing the useful swimming time of a pool by 200 to 300%; the benefit that residential Heliocol solar heated pool owners cite most; is the 5 months of extravagant pool water temperatures that the solar provides, which allows much more nighttime pool enjoyment.

In commercial applications of Heliocol solar pool heating, usually, the investment cost of the Heliocol solar installation is weighed against the cost of heating the pool with natural gas or propane. A typical commercial swimming pool, open 5 months of the year and kept heated to 83 degrees, could save enough money to pay for it in one season. From an investment standpoint a Heliocol solar pool heater usually pays an annual return of 25% to over 100% annually. The initial cost of the Heliocol installation is recouped many times over just during the term of the warranty. The 12 year full Heliocol labor and materials warranty applies the same for commercial as residential installations.

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Solar swimming pool heating is the most cost efficient use of solar energy; accordingly pool heating is the most prevalent use of solar energy worldwide. 

In this last decade solar pool heating system sales in California have exploded, especially for Heliocol solar pool heating systems. The single biggest reason that solar pool heating has become so popular is Heliocol. Heliocol solar heating systems have proven performance and durability. Before Heliocol; the products available to solar heat swimming pools provided marginal performance. Most other solar pool heating systems have reduced cost efficiency due to their cost of maintenance and limited mortality, especially systems installed in the more rigorous desert and mountain climate zones.

Heliocol solar pool heating collectors are state of the art; they have been tested, certified and approved by every major solar test agency on earth. Heliocol systems carry a full 12 year warrantee that covers all labor and materials. Heliocol is the first and only solar pool heater to receive the prestigious ISO9002 certification, the highest international certification of quality control. Our own United States Dept. of Energy specifys only Heliocol for all State and Federal Projects including:

32nd United States Naval Station in San Diego;  Nellis AFB in Las Vegas; United States Coast Guard Station in Alameda; 1996 Olympic pools at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta; San Diego State University; University of Southern Florida; United States Department of the Interior Fish Hatchery in Boulder City; Buenos Aries National Zoo in Argentina.

Quality Pool Builders use Heliocol

Pool builders that want happy customers, insist on subcontractors that they trust to provide a quality product that works well and does not cause grief upon themselves. Our Partners include: Allan Jackson Pools, American Construction, SwimScape, Fiorelli Construction, Minghelli Pools, Premier Pools, RJ Pools, and Wagner Pools.