Solar Power Hot Water

for the same tasks in new or used homes no matter if there going to be or are powered by coal and oil or coal and natural gas etc...? Even if it used fossil fuels aslong as it was in only a night time and auxiliery role? Could this be done in a way

Unfortunately solar photovoltaic systems are very expensive ways to generate electricity. The cost is generally 5 to 10 times the cost of purchasing electricity from your local uitlity.

Solar hot water is a little less expensive. In...

2007-06-09 12:57:57 by Stan S

Part 2 of a 2 part series showing how to install a cheap cost effective solar hot water heater. greenpowerscience.com

what do u need to set up hot water via solar power? ive seen so much on websites and im getting confussed! boilers, panels, pv's, im lost!!!! i dont want advice on installers it is for research, what would i need?

There are 2 different systems used in solar thermal. 1st is having collectors on the roof and pumping glycol through the lines into a heat exchanger in the solar tank. The heat exchanger heats the water inside the solar tank, and then the...

2008-05-27 07:19:10 by alannah_ellen

I would like to power my hot water from solar power. I have the old base board hot water heated radiation heat in my home. How can i power 100% of my hot water heat bill by solar power alone? And what about tax credits?

you should not do this period. im a solar tech, and we get customers who want to do 100% solar and its just not feasible. the panels simply cant keep up with the boiler, and you must pump some serious heat into those pipes in your baseboards to...

2009-04-09 10:30:51 by Mark Jr.

It depends on where you live, in Shanghai where I live my water is heated by gas, but if you got a little outside the city you will see solar heated systems on houses everywhere, I have never experienced them first hand but I have Chinese friends...

2007-04-20 23:07:35 by f_jayce

they have all kinds of sun. they more ways to use the sun for heating water than buying those expensive solar panels.

I think that we dominicans don't use solar power as much as we really should because of the costs involved.

I recognize that in the long run it is less expensive than being connected to the electrical grid, but the up-front expense...

2006-05-31 11:52:24 by jerald w

I want to install a solar powered heating element in my hot water tank. I want a very simple system with out batteries or thermostat control. Basically convert solar power to electricity & send directly to the heating element which is fitted...

The technology to convert solar power to electricity to heat water is very inefficient. Solar photovoltaic panels are expensive. You should think about using solar panels to heat water then circulate that through your hot water heater. There...

2008-03-29 21:09:49 by geraldbrogan