FeedSolar Hot Water Heater Installation - Corbett Kroehler
December 2, 2008 in Solar Tags: Corbett, culture, HEATER, hot, installation, Keyboard, Kroehler, solar, water
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My wife Catrin and I love the solar hot water heater we installed in February of 2007. It has given us reliable service and very hot water.
I’ve told growing numbers of people about the virtues of using solar energy to heat hot water as the easiest way of reducing our need for fossil fuels.
The thought struck me that it would help for people to see how painless the installation process was and how little space the solar panel collector consumes on the roof.
The solar hot water heater installation reduced our monthly utility bill by 25%. What kind of investment is a solar hot water heater?
A comparable solar hot water heater system on most any home with decent southern exposure and 2 adults using hot water would cost approximately ,000.
With tax incentives currently available, our return on investment (ROI) period will be about 7 years but of course, the smiles we derive from knowing that we heat our water without causing air pollution are priceless!
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“Who is Corbett Kroehler?”
In 2003 I became a Chairman of Energy Issues for the Sierra Club of Central Florida. I represented the Sierra Club of Central Florida at the Solar World Congress in 2005 and the International Solar Cities Congress. I was elected chairman of the Sierra Club of Central Florida and served in that role throughout 2006.
After much reasoning and strategic analysis, I came to the conclusion that the best hope for halting the advance of rising seas lies in the Congress of the United States. As I continue to work to raise awareness of the threats and opportunities global warming poses to Florida and the entire world, I am also a candidate in Florida’s eighth congressional district.
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Corbett Kroehler
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
>>”t is a lot cheaper and very easy to buy a clothesline”
Then, when you wear your clothes, you will look like you spent the night in a bottle.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
According to the US Department of Energy, Hot water heaters are the number one guzzler of energy. The number two guzzler is your clothes dryer. It is a lot cheaper and very easy to buy a clothesline which gives you a solar clothes dryer for just a few dollars. I am amazed at how few people make this simple change and instead yak about solar panels which are complicated and costly in materials and labor
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Evacs are not at all good for freezing climates. Even the manufacturers admit to that in the fine print. Your looking to replace a few tubes a year at the least with them
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
5 grand does sound high….
and why would it require the purchase of a new water heater??
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Sure, no one likes the looks of poly pipe on a roof, but three hundred feet of one inch poly pipe can heat alot of water at once. My pipe has been making hot water for more than ten years and it only cost thirty dollars and was simple to install to the inlet of the electric hot water heater. I guess ive saved a few hundred already.. The roof i put the pipe on is in the back of the house, not noticable from the front and is facing south. The poly makes hot water six months of the year.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Another method Two points of method: (1) Two waters, separated, zero pressure and house pressure, and (2) Use principle of heat-exchange to take heat from zero pressure to house pressure by running copper metal tubing with house pressure, inside the zero pressure water. The copper metal does a very good job of transferring the heat, and many times better than plastic or rubber. Mixing sand and water in the zero pressure water is probably better. Thin aluminum may contain the zero pressure water.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Evacs collector areas are 35% smaller. FP’s have some loss to the environment but it aint close to 35%! When it’s cold, evacs get covered in dew/frost/ice/snow which doesn’t evap off like FP’s making them suffer in bad weather.
Evacs work better in cold weather when it’s 10F or below (they collect 35% less only at 10F or below does their insulation overcome that loss). Evacs last 10-12 years FP’s last 30-40 years.
Evacs have their place, usually heating water > 140F.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
That is the worst solar installation I have ever seen!!
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
I’m sure there was an increase in air pollution due to the production of that solar unit.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
Only thing I know is those installers need something real low-tech- a rope. Before they drop $2000 on the ground.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
5.000 dolars for some copper tubes under pexiglass ?? They’re taking advantage of the situation.
I have a 12 dollar hose over my roof and works good enough.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
to bad you didn’t install evacuated tubes for 30% of the cost and something which actually works when its cold of cloudy. and they can be used for air conditioning to.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
this was really great to watch
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
hot water from the sun without a carbon footprint…FINALLY someone is showing us solutions!
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
this is really kool!
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
great to see people out there doing something!
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:11 am
Thanks for posting my video! Since I made it, we’ve added load management through our local utility. This morning, we had a dip in temperatures and power to the electrical back-up in the unit was defeated in order to conserve power. Anyone else on load management was without hot water but our PV pump kept circulating up to the sunny rooftop and the water was plenty hot. Solar water heaters rock!