Solar Thermal Water Heater Mat - 1.33m x 3m

This solar pool heating mat is an environmentally friendly product using free heat from the sun. It works by absorbing heat from the sun's rays into the heavy duty black matt material. Water is circulated through the pipes within the mat which is warmed up and in turn gives you and your kids a lovely warm pool which is not cost the earth and is certainly much cheaper than any other form of water heating.

During testing, over 2 days we have used this product to increase a pool temperature from around 20 deg C to almost 36 deg C which is certainly very comfortable.

We have chosen a tough NBR rubber material for our solar absorption mats which will have a long life and is UPVC degradation resistant. In our recent testing of similar products we found that the cheaper PVC solar absorption mats are very easily punctured but their biggest problem is that the PVC material warps in the heat of the sun which restricts water flow.

Guidance Calculation Example - 

(Children's Play Pools) : Circular pool, 8 foot/2.44m diameter. Pool diameter X pool diameter X average depth. Calculate your pool water volume i.e. 2.44M x 2.44M x 0.5m in depth X 0.79 = Pool volume 2.35m3 Recommended minimum panel coverage is 75% = 1.76 m2, so two 1m² solar collectors are recommended

Pack Contents - 

1pc EPDM/ NBR tough rubber mat, UPVC resistant, dimensions 1.33m wide, 3.00m long with manifold pipes

2pcs, water intake and output pipe connections which will fit a standard 32 mm hose

2pcs, metal jubilee clips to ensure type pipe connections

2pcs, manifold connection pipes to enable multiple mats to be joined together for increased heat generation used with larger pools.

6pcs spare rubber gaskets

1pc, detailed 12 page user manual which also gives advice on expansion kits and larger solar pool heating applications.