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A floating solar pool heater unit including a solar energy collector plate on the top, a float foam in the middle, and one directional or two directional heat conducting elements. The float foam maintains the flotation of the heater unit. The two directional heat conducting elements including energy conducting rivets, energy dispersing plates, or energy dispersing chains conduct hat from the solar energy collector plate to the pool water, or vice versa. The uni-directional heat conducting variation includes uni-direction heat conductors, energy dispersing plates, energy dispersing members such as chains, and conducts heat from solar energy collector plate or plates to pool water but prevents heat from escaping from pool water by reverse flow. The units can be used individually, or jointly to form a pool cover.
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