{"id":120,"date":"2009-08-08T00:44:27","date_gmt":"2009-08-08T00:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backyardcitypools.wordpress.com\/?p=120"},"modified":"2009-08-08T00:44:27","modified_gmt":"2009-08-08T00:44:27","slug":"what-is-a-solar-pool-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/what-is-a-solar-pool-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Solar Pool\u00a0Cover?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Close Up View of Solar Cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The purpose of a Solar Pool Cover<\/a>, also known as a solar blanket,\u00a0is to\u00a0increase the temperature of your pool’s water by soaking up sunlight in the day and preventing the heat from escaping from your pool at night.\u00a0 A solar cover can\u00a0raise the temperature of your pool water by an average of 10 degrees, more in sunny climates,\u00a0which not only makes the water consistently comfortable for longer periods, but\u00a0allows you to run your pool heater<\/a> for significantly\u00a0less time over the course of the season. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Usually the most affordable type of pool cover, solar pool covers can also save you money by decreasing evaporation.\u00a0 In fact, water and chemical evaporation\u00a0can be\u00a0decreased by up to 70 percent with the use of a solar cover.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition, solar pool covers can give your filter pump<\/a> a rest because they help keep leaves, small branches, and other debris out of the pool.\u00a0 Solar covers are not intended to keep all debris out of the pool, but they will certainly make the job of cleaning the pool easier.<\/p>\n

Solar pool covers float\u00a0on\u00a0the surface\u00a0of the pool water\u00a0without requiring\u00a0tie-downs or anchors to keep them in place; solar covers are easy to remove and put away, especially if you have a friend to help.\u00a0 Covers\u00a0can be\u00a0folded and stored in a pool shed or rolled-up on a large reel and wheeled out of the way when the pool is in use.<\/p>\n

Solar pool covers are NOT safety covers<\/a>, though, and should always be completely removed from the swimming pool before anyone enters the water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The purpose of a Solar Pool Cover, also known as a solar blanket,\u00a0is to\u00a0increase the temperature of your pool’s water by soaking up sunlight in the day and preventing the heat from escaping from your pool at night.\u00a0 A solar cover can\u00a0raise the temperature of your pool water by an average of 10 degrees, more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[167,171,301,384],"class_list":["post-120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environmentally-friendly-ideas","category-pool-and-spa-equipment","tag-pool-cover","tag-pool-covers","tag-solar-covers","tag-water-loss"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2No25-1W","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.backyardcitypools.com\/Swimming-Pool-Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}