My Solar Hot Water System has been on line for one year now. I thought I’d post some results on the energy savings thus far:
Before the solar hot water system was installed, we used on average 32 kWh/day. This is a three year average and it was pretty consistant. Now that we generate most of [...]
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Solar Hot Water Energy Savings
A good solar day
Today was a very good solar day. Not a cloud in the sky, 75 degrees out side and a full solar tank of cold water because it has been cloudy the last week or so. This afternoon, around 2 pm I tiptoed down to the basement to see how things were going. [...]
Solar Hot Water part IV
Update: The larger pump did the trick. Yesterday (a nice sunny day) the temperature in the bottom of the solar tank was 120 degrees when I got home. This is about where I thought it should be all along. I will start to calculate my electric savings now. In a few [...]
Solar Hot water system at work
Here is a better representation of the solar hot water system at work. Today it is 50 degrees F (10 C) and sunny outside. The return water from the solar collectors on the roof is 160 F (71 C). Picture shows about 152 F, must have been a cloud going by.
The solar tank [...]
Solar Hot Water system is on line!
Boy this one took a long time. Not so much actual time to work on the project, rather, being able to work on the project, rainy weekends, summer vacations, taking delivery of the solar panels, et cetera. However, today at almost 12 noon, I flipped the switch, the little red light came on [...]
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