Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Hot Water System 9Mar 29, 2022 8:07 pm Or you get a tank with two elements. One for the solar and one for off-peak periods. Thermostat will cut out when at temp. Get an inverter that will dump your excess electricity from the solar into the hot water system before sending to grid. Re: Hot Water System 10Mar 30, 2022 6:19 am We have solar hot water - with a "cut in" switch if the sun doesn't do the job. It seems to be pretty good. I remember someone once telling me if you want to check if the solar is working properly - turn off the "cut in " switch and wait and see if the water gets cold/colder. Hot Water System 11Mar 30, 2022 12:52 pm We have a 250L storage electric tank, 9kW solar, downsized to a 2.4kW element, heats 9:30-4pm on timer. Works perfectly, all hot water close to free, Even on a cloudy day there is some output. Below shows winter output on a sunny day. Other bonus is the hws is 20 years old already and running well in the laundry do no capital cost. Timer can be altered if we have heaps of visitors. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ the sun master is the solar heating to "warm" the water in the tank the S26 is your hot water system which will heat the water (25 degrees?) so with both turned on you… 2 14076 The tank is around 200 litres (I am on holiday for the next 6 weeks so can't check) The Heat Pump has a built in time switch. No idea on the speed to heat because with… 6 1696 I want to build a decking to the drawn shape outlined in black. The problem is how close can I build to the gas hot water unit? Will I be able to build around it and be… 0 20237 |