Browse Forums Eco Living 1 Aug 17, 2009 1:12 pm Hi everyone... Bit of a newbie question here. I'm looking at building a house that comes standard with a 160L HWS with 1 solar panel. This has got me thinking - should I consider installing extra solar panels and generating electricity for the other appliances/lights/etc in the house?? Can someone please explain if the solar panel with the HWS is just hooked up to the HWS, or does it just feed into the general electricity supply (meaning I could just buy more panels)?? Thanks.. Re: Solar HWS Panel used for other electricity as well?? 3Aug 17, 2009 1:51 pm Solar photovoltaics (made of silicon) and solar hot water collectors (made of glass and copper) are completely different technologies. Read this: Photovoltaics vs Solar HWS Economics of photovoltaics Sensible eco-choices It's possible but a soak well is usually much larger. Your 'soak well' only holds 424 litres when full. What is your soil type? Soak wells need sandy soils. 10 9001 Finally got the Soakwell at my house sucked out. Now I’m looking for ideas on how to hide it as it’s a bit of an eye sore. I’m thinking I’d like to turf over the… 0 3268 I recently went through a similar renovation and move scenario when updating our family home. We also swapped some rooms around and tackled a major… 2 10031 |