Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Heat Trace Installation For Your Solar Heating System

By Dorothy Perry


Heating and cooling a house is becoming more and more expensive with each passing year. Whether this increase is due to the rise of inflation on a year on year basis or just the cost of labor and materials used is a debate on its own? But what everyone can agree on is that finding a cheaper way of maintaining the utilities in your home is a no brainer. Enter, heat trace installation.

The real benefit of using equipment like solar water heaters comes in the form of reduced carbon dioxide emissions. And because of this, the money invested in solar heater panels could be returned when selling your business. The principle is not only applicable for commercial use but can also be applied in the private/domestic market. Where the value of the house and return on investment when selling that house will be much more prominent compared to other houses in the market of the same kind without the solar heater installed.

Energy is drawn directly from the sun s radiation and converted to electricity that can be used to heat up water that is stored in a water tank installed during installation or modified from an existing one, although the later is highly unlikely and happens on rare occasion. Alternatively, a boiler can be installed in order to serve as a backup water tank.

Innovation has been slow but strides have been made about solar panel s world. With the use of double effect absorption chillers, desiccant dehumidifiers and thermal electric power from steam driven engines, there has been a significant change in attitude in solar powered related products and their commercial use.

Solar heaters are a great way to lower the cost of utilities because not only is there power source endless, but, they are constructed in such a way that they require less panels than a solar panel. Solar heaters use around two to three panels in order to perform their heating function compared to the 10 to 16 required by solar panels in order to perform their function adequately.

A new hot water cylinder is often required and installing it needs space. Space that is often not available due to the initial floor plan of the house not catering for such a provision. The need for a hot water cylinder specially designed or altered for solar heater panels means that costs saved in heating are often reused in ensuring that these panels are maintained on a regular basis in order to ensure they work properly.

Those are not the only factors that limit solar heating products. Because the industry of renewable energy is relatively new, there hasn t been enough investment and as such, economic barriers persist in the development and innovation of solar heating and similar products. The lack of solar heater installers and other secondary or tertiary service industries that are a result of the yet to grow industry make solar heaters a hard sell.

Ultimately, using renewable energy ways to power your home partially or entirely means that the carbon footprint you exert is lowered through the efforts of using devices/technology like Solar heating panels.




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