Heat Your Water For Free With A Solar Water Heater

Water heaters are one of the most energy guzzling appliances in your home. Installing a solar water heater will not only help the planet and reduce your carbon footprint it will also give you more money in your pocket.

The thing you have to remember is that you need to live somewhere there is plenty of sunlight. However, even if you only get good sunlight in the summer, it is worth having a water heating system which you just use in the summer months. Although it will take longer for you to break even on the cost, it is good to have your energy bills reduced.

There are different styles of solar water heaters. There are batch heaters, which work simply by using a heat collector and a storage area. The heat collector can simply be a black metal container of water heated by the sun. The water drains into a collector. Slightly more complicated is the system of concave mirrors which direct the suns heat to the water storage area, thus heating the water.

Water must be pumped around. Pumping can be done simply by arranging the the apparatus so that the hot water from the collector flows up to the storage tank while the cooled water flows down to the collector where it can be re-heated. This works on the principle of convection.

An electric pump can be used to pump the water round, of course this will require energy also. Sensors will tell the pump to move the water round when it reaches the temperature that is undesirable. The water is simply pumped to the heat collector to be warmed up again.

Another system to heat water using solar power is a closed loop system water heater. A closed loop system water heater will keep the water in motion all the time. However this is a more difficult thing to build, so would be better left to a very experienced DIYer or a professional.

You may be concerned about finding the parts you need to build a solar water heater, but because these have become very popular it is actually quite easy to gather all the bits and pieces you need. In fact some manufactures will provide you with kits which contain everything you need to build your very own solar water heater.

Whichever you choose, you will need good plans to guide you through the process; preferably step by step so you can build a solar water heater that you can be proud of.

If you are interested in making a solar water heater for your home and enjoying all the benefits of heating your water for free, then you must go to Solar Home Panels to learn more about solar energy as a whole!

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