Wednesday 26 November 2014

5 Ways to Improve Homemade Solar Water Heating Systems Efficiency

Solar water heating systems are the cost effective equipment to heat water. In solar water heating system collectors capture heat from the sun and used to heat up the water stored in the tank. There are various benefits of solar water heater and one can easily enhance the performance of solar heater by following these simple tips. Let me explain some important benefits of solar water heater. 

  • Heating water from the sunlight costs you less and when you invest your money one time it will give you more values for life time. After investing one time on a solar heating system your water heating cost will be zero.
  • Another important benefit of solar water heating system is that it never gives you shock like other electrical equipments. 
  • Solar water heaters are totally smoke free so you will never feel any dirty smell.
  •  The most important benefit of solar water heating system is that it will help you to reduce carbon dioxide produced by your household and help you to fight against global warming.
The list is not ending here; you can take much more advantages by improving efficiency of solar water heating system.

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  • Size of Storage Tank Matters
The size of the storage tank is always matters in case of solar water heating, because a large sized storage tank keeps water hot for a long time. The homemade solar heating tanks are less expensive with comparison of commercial one. Another advantage of a big storage tank is that one can reserve hot water for cloudy days and use it anytime. 

  • Solar Collector’s Surface Area
The bigger surface area of solar collector’s helps to heat more water at a time. The homemade solar water heater builder has an extra advantage over the commercial solar water heater, because one can increase the size of homemade solar water collector anytime with small investment.

One can define the size of surface area of the solar water heater collector by three ways and increase the efficiency of solar heating system.

·         Gross Area
·         Aperture Area
·         Absorber Area

  • Materials Used in Collector
Homemade solar water heating collector uses copper tubes mated to aluminum fins and obtain the best performance in lower cost. The price of homemade solar heater collector’s tubing fins is 1/6th of the price of commercial one and only loss approximately 15% in performance.

  • Insulation on Tanks and Piping is Important
It’s very important to insulate properly because, well insulated tanks increase the possibility to remain water hot for a long time in cloudy season. So when it comes to homemade solar water heating system, it’s important to insulate tanks and piping to enhance the performance.

  • Site Obstructions
It is very important to set up homemade solar heating system, where as much exposure to the sun as possible. So when you locate your solar water heating system, then choose the area where fewer obstructions such as trees are occurring.

By the following these simple tips you can easily enhance the performance of your homemade solar water heating system.

Monday 6 January 2014

A Well Accepted Water Heating Technology

Solar hot water heating systems are a great way to effectively conserve energy and reduce the overall electricity bill. It can also cut down on your gas, wood or coal bills depending on your current water heating system. Solar water heating systems have been used commercially for over a century now. Solar water heating can be used in any climate. Sound unbelievable? Check it out on the U.S. Department of Energy website. They say so too. Moreover, the fuel used to run a solar water heater is sunshine. And, at the time of writing this article, sunshine is free - no tax has been added yet. A solar hot water heater can reduce your water heating bill by more than sixty percent. But with energy prices going up, the amount of savings will soon turn to be even higher. So using a solar water heater will help save fossil fuels. Solar water heating will significantly reduce your carbon footprint, and reduce the demand for fossil fuels which pollute the environment.
A company from Jaipur provides such systems that are easy to maintain, rather maintenance free and long life too. There heaters are made using the thermosyphon effect. Based on the evacuated tube water heating technology, systems by SolarMaxx Solar WaterHeating are brought to you by the illusions4real group. Rajasthan which seems more that 300 sunny days in a year also haappens to get very cold in winter months. People generally require hot water for over 6 months in a year. The state is also a popular tourist spot, and cities like Jodhpur, Udaipur, Jaipur, Sawaimadhopur, Sikar, Bharatpur, Ajmer, Jaisalmer, Barmer, Pushkar etc have many hotels. Hotels need a lot of hot water and the government have made the use of solar water heaters compulsory for all hotels in the state having any more than 20 rooms. Recently some popular hotels have chosen SolarMaxx as their service provider, such as Park Prime by Dangayach group in jaipur, Rang niwas in hotels, Shiv Vilas in Jaipur are few amongst the list. Solar Maxx is also a known brand in the budget hotel segment, not only is it for hotels but also hospitals and home owners. Domestic users benefit a lot by the use of solar water heaters as they are extremly safe and there are no hassles of high bills, accidents caused due to water heating rods and so on.
It shouldn't take long now to make a decision and go green for you, save energy, save money, go solar with SolarMaxx.