TenMile
Well-Known Member
Anyone living in the CRD -- there is grant available to add solar water heating to your home. We had it done earlier in the year this year and our electric bill has dropped by about 20%. I live in a household of women, so as my 2 girls enter their teen years, I expect this investment will continue paying me...
2 flat plat solar thermal panels on the roof feed a heat exchanger in our basement using glycol. Installer put in a new 65gal tank. This new tank feeds our existing 50Gal electric tank. So essentially the old tank is always being fed pre-heated water. If the electric element needs to come on, it runs for a shorter time period if at all.
Hot water is made during daylight hours. It doesn't need to be a clear sunny day to generate hot water -- but the more sunlight there is the quicker the tank is heated. The 65Gal pre-heated tank provides more than we use in a day.
http://www.crd.bc.ca/education/campaigns/list-of-current-campaigns/solar-crd
2 flat plat solar thermal panels on the roof feed a heat exchanger in our basement using glycol. Installer put in a new 65gal tank. This new tank feeds our existing 50Gal electric tank. So essentially the old tank is always being fed pre-heated water. If the electric element needs to come on, it runs for a shorter time period if at all.
Hot water is made during daylight hours. It doesn't need to be a clear sunny day to generate hot water -- but the more sunlight there is the quicker the tank is heated. The 65Gal pre-heated tank provides more than we use in a day.
http://www.crd.bc.ca/education/campaigns/list-of-current-campaigns/solar-crd