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Solar Hot Water Systems are a great option to help dramatically reduce your energy costs. Heating water is a major energy user in most homes, consuming up to one-quarter of your annual energy supply.
With solar hot water systems, you can realise all of the benefits of free energy from the sun, and use/store this energy in your hot water storage tank.
Evacuated Tubes
The sun’s thermal energy is absorbed by an array of robust cylindrical tubes installed on your roof. Inside each tube is a small amount of evacuated purified water with a boiling temperature of 30°C. Once heated via sunlight, this water turns into vapour and rises to the top of the tubes internal heat pipe.
The array of tubes is connected into a central manifold, where the water from your storage tank runs through. This water is super-heated and returned back to the storage tank hot and ready.
Once the vapour has transferred all of its energy and returns to a liquid state, it runs back down to the heat pipes, and the process begins again.
Benefits of Solar Hot Water Systems
- Up to an 80% reduction on your water heating bills.
- When coupled with solar panels, your savings could potentially increase.
- Reduction in carbon emissions.
- Increase in the value of your home.