Solar Water Heater Residential Solar Hot Water Kits
Solar water heater residential systems can be one of the most efficient ways to utilize solar energy. Solar hot water kits can be bought relatively inexpensively compared to solar electric systems. Or if you are even minimally mechanically inclined you can build your own solar water heater using low cost and sometimes free materials.
The solar hot water kit below has a 65 gallon pressurized thermal tank that can keep the water warm for up to 3 days if it is cloudy or raining. It also has an electric backup for extended periods of cloudy weather so you will have uninterrupted hot water. This system is sufficient for dishwashers, washing machines, baths or showers for up to 8 people.
This solar hot water system is feeze proof since it uses evacuated glass tubes that don’t actually contain the water. They are so efficient at transferring energy including infra red and ultra violet rays that it only needs a couple hours of sunlight a day to create a continuous supply of hot water.
Glass tubes are easily replaced if broken and there is no problem with lime or water scale. Hot water comes out clean and immediate since the hot water will come straight from the tap and not the tank.
