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Why Can’t You Buy A Solar Hot Tub?
Posted by Patty Kopner | Posted in Technology | Posted on 29-06-2009
Solar power is good for supplying energy but will it work for heating a hot tub? A hot tub needs constant energy to keep the water warm and so if you live in a place where there is a lot of sun, perhaps the sun could be used to heat it. Unfortunately, while this sounds like a good idea, in practicality it doesnt work too well.
The first problem is that not enough people live in a place that gets constant sun. Only the desert states have that amount of sunlight and that is not enough demand for this type of hot tub for manufacturers to make money. Also, since there would be no sunlight at night, you would still have to keep the water hot during those dark hours. This would mean that the hot tub would have to run on electricity as well.
A solar powered hot tub sounds like a great idea especially if you are interested in saving energy and the environment. You can find parts if you like to construct a makeshift solar panel heater for your hot tub but it will probably end up costing more that it will ever save. This is the reason why manufacturers don’t make solar hot tubs.
If you want to use some solar power with your hot tub, what you need is a solar hot tub cover. What you will want to find is some sort of cover that has solar cells and transfers the energy to keeping the water warm. Hot tubs are usually kept on all the time to keep the water hot and a solar cover will help reduce the energy. You might look online to find such a cover or you might have to find it somewhere else locally. There are not that many retail outlets that deal with solar products so it might be harder to find than you think.
The low demand means that hot tubs powered by solar energy may never find their way on to the market. Even though it is a great idea, if money cant be made by it then no manufacturer will go forward with the idea. If you are interested in solar energy for any type of appliance, right now about the only thing you can do is to by solar panels and find a way to attach them to the power source.
