Evacuated Tube Solar Hot Water Systems

10 Things you should know about evacuated tube solar hot water systems before you buy

1. Our 30 years of local experience tells us that glass lined steel tanks last just as long as stainless steel tanks in Canberra and Queanbeyan.
2. Large storage tanks result in less boosting than small storage tanks.
3. If installed for optimum performance, electric boosted solar hot water systems can be more efficient than gas boosting and be better for our environment.
4. The efficiency of electric boosted, evacuated tube solar hot water systems can be enhanced well beyond the manufactured design. Brand, timers, pumps, pipes, frames, controllers and tank size matter.
5. The quality and adjustability of components such as pumps, valves and controllers are just as important to solar hot water efficiency as are the number and orientation of the evacuated collector tubes.
6. Don’t buy from a sales person until you have spoken to a number of service technicians. The sales person will only tell you the advantages but will not know the disadvantages.
7. Evacuated tube solar hot water systems get too hot if the collectors are installed against the roof surface in Canberra and Queanbeyan. This makes them very inefficient . Ask for a pitched roof frame to be quoted in the installation.
8. A poor installation will undermine any expected energy costs savings.
9. You do not need a north facing roof for evacuated tube collectors but they should face north for optimum performance.
10. Too many evacuated collector tubes could result in expensive repair bills and water wastage. It is best to increase the size of the storage tank rather than the number of tubes.

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