To heat hot water in a residential property, is it worth it?
explainations please (not just yes or no)
2006-09-06 06:51:12 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
A Yahoo search for "solar water heaters" (include the quotation marks in the search box) yields 329,000 results. If you do the same search, and are willing to spend a little time exploring, I'm sure that you will quickly find the information you seek.
Good luck with your search.
2006-09-10 03:27:50 · answer #1 · answered by exbuilder 7 · 9⤊ 2⤋
There has just been a BBC radio 4 discussion today about the companies that sell solar panels for heating water. The companies are guilty of hard sell and ripping off clients. Charging around £7,000 for a system to heat a tank of water, which when the sums are calculated would take over 25 years before gaining any cost benefit.
These companies are known to even sell their systems to people who have a combination boiler, which would make the solar heating system completely useless since a water tank is necessary for it to work. They do not provide the correct technical information and mislead the customer just to get a sale.
If you "invite" these companies into your home, you are not eligible for a cooling off period, whereby up to 7 days (I think) you can cancel the contract if you change your mind after signing in your home. Furthermore, if they sell under false pretences on the specification, they will not reimburse the customer, until litigation is brought against them.
Be very careful of the companies in this business area.
2006-09-06 07:07:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will depend on the rate of your local electricity or gas, and the total cost of your solar water heater. Anyway, solar heating is a micro-emission way to heat water, without pollution to surroundings. www.himinsun.com
2016-03-27 21:29:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To perform the engineering calculations would be too much for this forum.
What you spend in construction costs - you would recoup in about 2-3 years.
2006-09-10 12:45:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it was a good deal, it would be commonly available in new construction, and there would be a burgeoning industry retofitting it to existing homes. I haven't seen either. My guess is that it's merely a "nice" idea for now.
2006-09-06 06:56:46 · answer #5 · answered by Jack430 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you live. If you live where it is overcast many days like Seattle it probably would not be woth the expense. If you live where you get a lot of sun like Arizona then it definitely would pay for itself.
2006-09-06 06:55:18 · answer #6 · answered by college kid 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The climate in England is not very conducive, therefore it's not viable
2006-09-10 23:02:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah.
2006-09-13 10:23:10 · answer #8 · answered by Spanner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-09-13 12:11:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋