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.
Valve position for solar panel pool heaters.
Pentair makes a solar 3 way valve for this purpose.
This is a ball spring 5 type check valve that is typically installed at the highest point in a solar pool heating system.
Includes led indicators that shows status of system operations.
Manual versus automatic control.
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By allowing air to enter the pool solar panels it aids in gravity drainage of solar pool collectors and piping.
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.
Hayward solar pool heating control system comes with 2 by 2 1 2 inch 3 way valve actuator and 2 pc sensors.
A small hole drilled in a standard 3 way valve also does the trick.
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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.
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.
The control valve can be either a manual one or an automatic one.
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