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.
- 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.
