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Almost free solar hot water for your home! Now here’s an idea we can get some real savings from, almost everyone would like to have it in their home. . .but most people just won’t take action to install it – most of these folks keep saying to themselves that they will consider a solar hot water system “next year” or “when I get my tax refund back,” even though they could save money almost right away if they installed it now Consider how much these homeowners have needlessly spent on utility bills over the years and how much they could have saved. The need for water heating will not go away and most of the humans on this planet who are already used to having constant hot water availability certainly won’t want to do without it. Since we know what a great deal solar hot water is both economically and environmentally, why don’t you get started immediately?

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Since we’re not only going to address and answer the questions raised above, we should also take a look at the various types of hot water systems in general, including solar hot water. They come in various flavors. In general, you will find one of the four major types of hot water systems in your home. First is the usual gas-heated hot water system which uses a hot water reservoir (tank) for storage, second there is what amounts to almost the very same system with the major difference being electrical heating via one or more heating elements rather than the gas heat used in example one, third is locally-delivered or on-demand heated hot water which is only warmed or heated at your physical location when you actually open a spigot, faucet, showerhead, etc., to use hot water, and fourth is the economical, quiet solar hot water which is heated almost for free by the sun and stored in a storage tank just as in the first and second examples.

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The basics of conventional gas and electrically heated hot water systems that use tank storage are almost the same, generally differing only in the method of heating the water itself. You’ll find a thermostat in these systems which controls the heat level of the water itself and as the water in the tank or reservoir cools to a preset level, the water is reheated back to the desired level by either the gas-powered flame or an electrical heating element turning on and raising the temperature of the water to a second preset level. In almost every conventional home you see, this is the type of water heating system in use, but their operational costs have become overly expensive and burdensome due to the huge amounts of gas and electricity which are continuously required to both initially heat and maintain the temperature of water used in the home for use at a moment’s notice. It looks like solar hot water could be a life-safer here, right?

Another method of providing hot water is the on demand, electrically powered tankless water heater that is placed in the water line just prior to the faucet or spigot. Basically, the strategy here is that large amounts of pre-heated water are not kept on hand in a reservoir or tank and therefore do not require continuous reheating cycles – heating does not take place until such time as the hot water is actually needed. In theory, this seems to most of us like a good idea, but in actual practice a great many users have found that the very high initial cost of purchasing and installing several tankless water heaters (three to five are required to equip the average home) coupled with the increasingly high costs of electricity can actually mandate up to several decades of cost recovery time in some cases.

Enter solar hot water to save the day. . .now you can have the benefit of a hot water system that is excellent because of its solar DIY advantages (easily and economically built by anyone!) and it will last a lifetime. Don’t forget that you will be able not only to save a lot of money on your electrical bill each month (if not eliminate it entirely) but you can save an absolute fortune by using your money-saving solar hot water system to heat your spa and pool – you’ll extend your swimming season and also save money that was formerly just wasted! If you want more information on getting started in solar DIY, visit the following DIY solar guide (Hint: This guide also shows you how to build your own and save with solar electricity panels):

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