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hi
i have a koi pond about 5000 gallons i would like to heat it using solar power i live in the sw UK I have thought about using domestic central heating radiators painted black and using the pump in the colder months to pump the pond water round and back into the pond Idealy id just like to keep the pond 5 or 6 deg warmer so as it will never freeze any suggestions or sites i could look at would be usefull thankx Dave |
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Hi
check this out it may prove useful http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/...05/pjeff02.xml it was an article in the Daily telegraph also check out http://www.cat.org.uk it has useful links and info. Regards Craig "yammyr6" wrote in message ... hi i have a koi pond about 5000 gallons i would like to heat it using solar power i live in the sw UK I have thought about using domestic central heating radiators painted black and using the pump in the colder months to pump the pond water round and back into the pond Idealy id just like to keep the pond 5 or 6 deg warmer so as it will never freeze any suggestions or sites i could look at would be usefull thankx Dave |
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i made a cheap solar heater with a submerible pump and garden hose.
the pump send water through the hose, which is layed out on the ground. sun and the ambient air termpartures heat the hose which heats the water. i was able to bring the temperature of my 2000g pond from 7 celcium to 17 celcius in about a week. i only ran the pump during the daytime when the sun was on it. the nights in ottawa canada are still really cold and the solar heater would just work in reverse during the night. infact, i only ran it when the sun was out and hitting the hose. this was about 11am to 7pm. keep in mind the last few days have been unsually warm. temperatures in the day were usually around 20+ celcius. it was very cold today so i didn't run the pump. it also rained. air temperatures were around 6-7 celcius. the pond water was around 11-12 celcius. it took days to heat it up but only 12 hours of cold temperatures and rain to cool it down. hope this helps. |
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