Solar Pool Blankets
A pool solar blanket aims to extend your swimming season by making the water warmer, cutting down the evaporation and so the necessity to constantly top your pool up and finally, reducing the usage of chemicals which are lost in the evaporation process. Therefore, a pool blanket also makes life easier around your swimming pool and is environmentally responsible.
In addition to the above, people with solar heating on their swimming pools very often purchase a pool solar blanket to further enhance the performance of the pool solar heating system. The solar pool blanket can reduce the cost of running your solar heating by up to 70%.
Australis Manufacturing is the only cover manufacturer to weld their blankets horizontally, for ease of rolling.
Our blankets are made from a "Sealed Air Australia" Pool Cover plastic (Suncap), which is a Smart Watermark Approved material.
Benefits of an Australis Manufacturing Pool Cover are:
* Can heat your pool by up to 8 Degrees Celsius
* Can reduce the rate of evaporation by as much as 97%
* Cut your chemical usage by as much as 50%
* Will keep your pool much cleaner
* Make your Solar Pool Heating more efficient.
How does the Australis Pool Cover heat the pool?
The Pool Cover is a translucent colour which allows the sun's solar energy to pass through the blanket and heat the water. The blanket acts as an insulator, via the prevention of water evaporation. Almost 95% of the pools temperature is lost through the surface area of the pool. As the Pool Cover acts like a lid, you could almost say the pool cover traps in the heat. The stronger the sun's energy, the warmer the pool.
What about evaporation?
The Australis Pool Cover should be cut to fit the pool so that there is no exposed water. Ideally there should be a small lip that rises up the side of the coping wall. A properly fitted pool cover can reduce the amount of evaporation by as much as 97%. Evaporation occurs from the surface of the water and as the cover is a protective barrier on the surface level, this is how it reduces the evaporation.
The two major sources of evaporation are:
* When there is a major difference in temperature between the outside air temp and the water temp. Generally speaking this will occur when the water temperature is relatively warm and the nights are cool.
* When there is a gentle breeze present. A light breeze can double the evaporative rate.
It is estimated depending on your location that the individual pool can lose between 50% and 150% of the pools capacity in water per year. A recent study by Sydney Water showed that coastal locations eg. Manly had significantly higher evaporative rates than their inner suburb counterparts eg. Castle Hill, due to the afternoon seabreezes. However, those pools in inland towns, would experience significant evaporative loss through temperature difference, caused by the cooler evenings.
Australis Manufacturing's solar blankets are proudly made in our factory at Fountaindale NSW, from quality Australian products.
Contact Australis for an obligation free measure and quote.