Solar Panel

Sun command is proud to introduce the Sun command solar panel specifically designed for heating swimming pools.

Enjoy your pool

It is a fact that most swimming pools in South Africa are used for less that 4-5 months in a year, and even in those months they are seldom used by grown ups.
Why? Because pools are simply too cold to enjoy. That is why, pool heating has become so popular. With the properly sized Pool heating system the season is not only double but the temperatures achieved are truly enjoyable.

Heated & unheated pool temperatures

In average climatic conditions the general temperature rise anticipated from an unheated swimming pool is 8 °C. This would be acceptable in most swimming applications where the level for swimming would be in the region of 27°C the temperature rise can be increase, if required, by the oversizing of heating system accordingly.

Collector structure

Sun commands solar pool panels compromise a polypropylene collector surface flat on top & bottom surfaces, with °± 215 individual capillary tubes incorporated between the outer sheets, the collector is fitted with a manifold header and Footer to allow easy flow of water through the collector. The panel has proven to be durable and to to offer good efficiencies at low DT's as experienced in pool heating applications. The panel is suitably designed for unglazed ambient conditions, and is suitably ultra Violet (UV) stabilized, with a life expectancy up to 15 years.

Pool Covers

With any form of pool heating it is advisable to have heating is advisable to have a heat retention cover on the pool, as most of the heat loss is from the pool's surface. On some pools, however covers are simply not practical and so it is necessary to oversize the heating system. Sun command has a full range of accessories and roll-up stations for easy handling of the covers.

Cool days become critical as heat loss is accelerated, and continuous throughout the night when no natural heat loss source is present, and normally when swimming pool water is at a temperature above that of the surrounding ambient air and at the same time the performance of any solar panel drops off significantly.

Warranty

Sun Command panels come with a full 5 year warranty.

How does a Solar Panel Work

A Sun Command solar panel is an extremely efficient collector of irradiated energy from the Sun & by design collects and transfers this energy, collected from its surface, to the swimming pool water which is being pumped through the solar panel, which in turn raises the temperature of the swimming pool water.
Water passing through the panel's is of high volume producing a small dT rise during each pass and is only in circuit during normal daylight hours.

Sun Command solar panels are designed specifically for the swimming pool heating market and can result in doubling the use of an existing un-heated swimming pool.

Running Costs

As the Sonnenkraft solar panels are only engaged in circuit for approximately 8 hours on any given day, and utilize the same pump as is used for the filtration circuit, there is no additional running costs as the swimming pool pump is merely re-timed to operate the filtration circuit during daylight, or Solar Gain, hours.

Made to last

Sun Command solar panels are made to last:

Each panel comes, as standard, with individual connectors to inter-connect between panels.

each panel is manufactured from UV treated Polypropylene designed to withstand the harshest conditions, including Hail stones & extreme changes in ambient air temperatures between daytime & nighttime periods.

Sizing

Sun Command solar panels come in three sizes as detailed below.

Panel Requirements

The pool surface size (in m²) and the number of panels required are based on attaining an 8°C rise above existing swimming pool temperatures.  If additional temperature rises are required then oversizing of the system is recommended.

Installation

Sun Command supplies the complete installation kit which is inclusive of all Solar Panels, Solar Covers, and all fittings valves etc. for a complete installation.  The only excluded item is piping required to run from the pool filtration system to where the solar system is installed.  Included is full installation instructions & diagrams etc.

Solar Panel Heating Schematic

Number of Panels

POOL SURFACE AREA m²

SC 200 SC 250 SC 300
5 X 3 (15m²) 4 3 2
6 X 4 (24m²) 5 4 3
7 X 4 (28m²) 6 5 4
8 X 4 (32m²) 7 5 4
8 X 5 (40m²) 8 7 5
9 X 5 (45m²) 9 8 6
10 X 5 (50m²) 10 9 7
10 X 6 (60m²) 12 10 8
12 X 6 (72m²) 14 12 10

DIMENSIONS

  SC 200 SC 250 SC 300
Length
Width
mm
mm
2080
1250
2580
1250
3080
1250
Weight (empty) kg 7.2 8.3 9.5
Weight (full) kg 22.5 26.0 29.9