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I know it may seem crazy to want to heat a pool here, but we do.
I am familiar with “SolarCostaRica” as a company, but they have closed their business.
I’m looking for any names of companies here that carry and install solar panels specifically to heat swimming pools.
We’re in Manuel Antonio.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Mark.
BTW, still looking to share a container from South Florida if anyone is interested……If you’re looking for a low tech/easy to transport from the states alternative. There are these solar plastic pads or mats that move the water in based on the heated and cooled water naturally circulating through the black mats. I must admit I’ve never implemented them on a pool but you may want to look into it. We opted not to run our place on solar but instead on micro hydro, out place here in the states is all solar, but due to the rainy season, we felt it wasn’t a good return on the costs of the panels. Good luck to you.
I prefer a heated pool too!
Can you make a structure to hold black plastic tubing, in the sunshine but out of sight? My son has done this in Canada, and it works great.[quote=”pranaspakeywest”]I know it may seem crazy to want to heat a pool here, but we do.
I am familiar with “SolarCostaRica” as a company, but they have closed their business.
I’m looking for any names of companies here that carry and install solar panels specifically to heat swimming pools.
We’re in Manuel Antonio.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Mark.
BTW, still looking to share a container from South Florida if anyone is interested……[/quote]A buddy of mine in Camaronal is having them installed now, and the company doing it is, I believe, down your way. I have emailed him and asked for their contact info. He calculates the payback at 4.5 years, exclusive of the ICE credit when the meter is running backwards (when the house is empty).
Are you on the grid and looking to save money or off the grid and this will be sole service for power?
I will be escorting some renters to his house tomorrow afternoon and take some pictures of the installation. PM me with email address and I’ll send you the pics he asked me to take for him
Thanks Bill for the invite. It sounds like he is putting in panels to generate electricity, rather then producing warm water for his pool.
There are specific, and much much cheaper panels used for this, and those are the ones I am seeking if anyone knows who sells and installs them here.
Thanks again.My daughter and her husband own a house near the ocean past Montapalo and their pool is painted a dark gray color which absorbs the heat from the sun. The temperature was 30c last July when I was there and there is no heater and it was comfortable to swim in her pool.
Al
[quote=”pranaspakeywest”]I know it may seem crazy to want to heat a pool here, but we do.
I am familiar with “SolarCostaRica” as a company, but they have closed their business.
I’m looking for any names of companies here that carry and install solar panels specifically to heat swimming pools.
We’re in Manuel Antonio.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Mark.
BTW, still looking to share a container from South Florida if anyone is interested……[/quote]Our pool in Heredia has passive solar heat done by Swissol:
http://www.swissol.net/2-ecosun.html
They speak good English: 2438-1130Thanks very much for that link, I just got off the phone with Guillermo and he will be sending me some information.
Did you check into any other systems here?
I ask because he quoted me a price that was higher then I expected, and I am wondering if you found any others to compare pricing with.
Thanks again, very helpful.[quote=”pranaspakeywest”]Thanks very much for that link, I just got off the phone with Guillermo and he will be sending me some information.
Did you check into any other systems here?
I ask because he quoted me a price that was higher then I expected, and I am wondering if you found any others to compare pricing with.
Thanks again, very helpful.
[/quote]We did look into a few other companies, but decided to use Swissol due to the technology they are offering. We have had the solar heat for 18 months and are very happy with it. We are at 5,700 feet and our pool often gets into the 90’s. With our cool air, it is perfect.
Thanks for the quick reply! I agree that Swissol looks great already. Is there any chance that you still have the names of the other companies that you checked into? Thanks for your time with this….
[quote=”pranaspakeywest”]Thanks for the quick reply! I agree that Swissol looks great already. Is there any chance that you still have the names of the other companies that you checked into? Thanks for your time with this….[/quote]
We also spoke with Solar Costa Rica.
Solar Costa Rica arranged and installed our grid-tied photovoltaic panel system which is working very well. Since August, they have not replied to repeated e-mail inquiries and are said to have gone out of business.
you should also contact CONSENERGY http://www.consenergy.net/
Alexander Alvarado Ch
Jefe de Ventas, Costa Rica
CONSULTORES EN ENERGIA C.O.N.S.E.N.E.R.G.Y. S.A.
Grupo Consenergy
Tel: (506) 2290-0668/ (506) 2290-0810
Cel: 8609-6322
Fax: (506) 2290-2413
Skype: ventas.consenergy
Sabana Sur, Costa Rica
Email: a.alvarado@consenergy.net
http://www.consenergy.net[quote=”pranaspakeywest”]I know it may seem crazy to want to heat a pool here, but we do.
I am familiar with “SolarCostaRica” as a company, but they have closed their business.
I’m looking for any names of companies here that carry and install solar panels specifically to heat swimming pools.
We’re in Manuel Antonio.
Any ideas?
Thanks, Mark.
BTW, still looking to share a container from South Florida if anyone is interested……[/quote]Try guillermo.ramirez@swissol.net<guillermo.ramirez@swissol.net
They are firm with swiss technology or
dalvarez@enaturalca.com; I have just received quotations, both have been recommended by neighbors
Regards,
Chris Clarke[quote=”bish1959″][quote=”pranaspakeywest”]Thanks for the quick reply! I agree that Swissol looks great already. Is there any chance that you still have the names of the other companies that you checked into? Thanks for your time with this….[/quote]
We also spoke with Solar Costa Rica.[/quote]
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