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If you're a home owner, your second largest energy expense is heating water, according to the united states department of energy. Just as you can utilize the sun to supplement your supply of electrical power -- your largest energy expense -- you can also use it to supplement your hot water, using the solar hot water heater as your device.  A solar water heating system has two necessary components: a collector to heat water and a tank to stores it. We recommend using the heat streamer solar water heater as your collector, and a 35-50 gallon tank you can find...

Now that the holiday season is arriving, solar water heaters are being put to use in your home (or if they aren't, see what the solar water heater can do for you). If you live in an area that's known for extreme temperatures, chances are it's pretty cold and snowy around this time. But how cold can the tubes get before they break? Because the tubes can hold a temperature of up to 100F overnight, it is unlikely that they will freeze. However, the aluminum fins inside have been known to crack and break if the tubes are not full...

From TechCrunch.com:  "Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk wasn't kidding when he said the new Tesla solar roof product was better looking than an ordinary roof: the roofing replacement with solar energy gathering powers does indeed look great. It's a far cry from the obvious and somewhat weird aftermarket panels you see applied to roofs after the fact today [...] Each [tile] is transparent to solar, but appears opaque when viewed from an angle. The current versions of the tiles actually have a two percent loss on efficiency, so 98 percent of what you'd normally get from a traditional solar...

In the large market of solar water heater systems, there are a diverse arrange of ways solar water heater systems keep their heat. One of these is by using a heat transfer fluid.  Heat-transfer fluid operates very similarly to anti-freeze in your car. They carry heat through solar collectors and a heat exchanger to the heat storage tanks (FYI none of these are needed for your heat streamer solar water heater kit) in solar water heating systems. In a cold climate, solar water heater systems require fluids with low freezing points, whilst in a desert climate they should have a...