With a manual control valve if you want the pool water to be heated up and the sun is out then you ll have to turn the handle on the valve yourself to get the water to flow to the solar collectors.
Valve position for solar panel pool heaters.
A small hole drilled in a standard 3 way valve also does the trick.
1 solar valve 2 temp sensors.
There is a small hole or a built in reverse check valve in the solar bypass valve to allow water to drain down the supply line through the bypass tee and to the pool returns.
By allowing air to enter the pool solar panels it aids in gravity drainage of solar pool collectors and piping.
Pentair makes a solar 3 way valve for this purpose.
It automatically maximizes solar heat collection by actuating a 24v valve when there is solar heat available.
Sungrabber solar panel repair kit repairs up to 8 leaking channels 1 1 2 header ns898 38 00.
For solar pool panels with 2 i d.
Hayward solar pool heating control system comes with 2 by 2 1 2 inch 3 way valve actuator and 2 pc sensors.
Manual versus automatic control.
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Includes led indicators that shows status of system operations.
This stops water from going up the return line when the solar diverter valve is in the off position and your solar pool heater is not operating.
The control valve can be either a manual one or an automatic one.
Note that this valve manifold may be flipped left to right with the solar diverter valve on the right side depending on the location of the solar panels relative to the pool equipment.
This is a ball spring 5 type check valve that is typically installed at the highest point in a solar pool heating system.