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The extra solar collecting area will help by keeping the ground
warmer. You might buy 2 covers and cut the bottom one to fit the pool
and pump water up over that part and let it drain back into the pool
during the day.

The portion of the cover that is not in contact with water would
overheat and ruin the bubbles.

Maybe you missed the part about pumping water over the bottom cover,

I did miss the construction of this two cover arrangement. Describe that
in a little more detail, if you don't mind.

or you don't know that polyethylene film is transparent to UV,
which limits the max temp.

The cover seems to be damaged by exposure to the sun in a short period of
time. The covers come with opaque white sheets that are supposed to be put
over the cover when it is off the pool. The little bubbles seem to
overheat and distort.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley Lake, CA, USA GPS: 38.8,-122.5