Heating your home's hot water is one of the most energy consuming demands for your home.

The cost of heating water in your home is likely to be 25 - 30% of your total energy costs, but can be even higher if you have more than four people in your home. Almost half of your electric bill, or more than 40% of your gas or oil bill, may go towards your domestic hot water costs. Solar water heating is the easiest way to utilize the sun's energy to conserve fossil fuel and save money. A residential solar hot water system will reduce the energy you require to heat your hot water anywhere from 50 to 80%!

How Your System Works Heating your home's hot water is one of the most energy consuming demands for your home

Evacuated Tube Collectors Pumping and Control Stations Solar Hot Water Storage Tanks In conventional water heating, cold water is fed from the city supply or your well into the gas or electric water heating where it is heated to a design temperature of 120 degrees Fahrenheit. With your solar hot water system, cold water is fed into the solar storage tank. The pump circulates a non-freeze fluid through the solar collectors where it is heated by the sun. The heated fluid is pumped into the heat exchanger in the storage tank where the heat is then transferred to the water. The Regusol 130 EL continually monitors the temperature of the fluid

in the collectors and the temperature in the tank. If the fluid in the collectors is warmer than the water in the tank, the pump circulates the fluid through the collectors. The Regusol 130 EL switches off automatically when there is insufficient sunlight and the collectors are no longer able to raise the temperature in the storage tank. This happens when the sun is at a very low angle, when there is a thick cloud cover, and at night. The pump automatically starts again when enough sunlight is available. Temperatures in your solar storage tank can be as high as 120°F in winter to 150°F in the summer months. When you turn on a hot water faucet in your home, solar-heated water requires very little or no heating to reach your desired temperatures. Your solar hot water system is used in conjunction with your existing water heating system, to provide the additional heat required to bring your solar heated water up to your desired temperature. The existing system also sustains hot water demand during winter and prolonged cloudy weather or when you have visitors in your home.