Solar Hot Water Heater Installation - Corbett Kroehler

chestermarket Says:

Oct 17, 2007 - great to see people out there doing something!

ultcall123 Says:

Nov 13, 2007 - this is really kool!

ultcall123 Says:

Nov 13, 2007 - hot water from the sun without a carbon footprint...FINALLY someone is showing us solutions!

ultcall123 Says:

Nov 13, 2007 - this was really great to watch

solarisfree Says:

Feb 5, 2008 - to bad you didn't install evacuated tubes for 30% of the cost and something which actually works when its cold of cloudy. and they can be used for air conditioning to.

brianfranch Says:

Mar 18, 2008 - 5.000 dolars for some copper tubes under pexiglass ?? They're taking advantage of the situation. I have a 12 dollar hose over my roof and works good enough.

RovieB Says:

Apr 6, 2008 - Only thing I know is those installers need something real low-tech- a rope. Before they drop $2000 on the ground.

Ooberskidd Says:

May 27, 2008 - I'm sure there was an increase in air pollution due to the production of that solar unit.

Solaraficionado Says:

Jun 29, 2008 - That is the worst solar installation I have ever seen!!

Clydesdale2045 Says:

Aug 8, 2008 - Evacs collector areas are 35% smaller. FP's have some loss to the environment but it aint close to 35%! When it's cold, evacs get covered in dew/frost/ice/snow which doesn't evap off like FP's making them suffer in bad weather. Evacs work better in cold weather when it's 10F or below (they collect 35% less only at 10F or below does their insulation overcome that loss). Evacs last 10-12 years FP's last 30-40 years. Evacs have their place, usually heating water > 140F.

trader0108 Says:

Aug 20, 2008 - Another method Two points of method: (1) Two waters, separated, zero pressure and house pressure, and (2) Use principle of heat-exchange to take heat from zero pressure to house pressure by running copper metal tubing with house pressure, inside the zero pressure water. The copper metal does a very good job of transferring the heat, and many times better than plastic or rubber. Mixing sand and water in the zero pressure water is probably better. Thin aluminum may contain the zero pressure water.

99cachorro Says:

Aug 23, 2008 - Sure, no one likes the looks of poly pipe on a roof, but three hundred feet of one inch poly pipe can heat alot of water at once. My pipe has been making hot water for more than ten years and it only cost thirty dollars and was simple to install to the inlet of the electric hot water heater. I guess ive saved a few hundred already.. The roof i put the pipe on is in the back of the house, not noticable from the front and is facing south. The poly makes hot water six months of the year.

YouAdamNazzkl0wn Says:

Aug 24, 2008 - 5 grand does sound high.... and why would it require the purchase of a new water heater??

DEL673 Says:

Sep 8, 2008 - Evacs are not at all good for freezing climates. Even the manufacturers admit to that in the fine print. Your looking to replace a few tubes a year at the least with them

Casey2570 Says:

Sep 28, 2008 - According to the US Department of Energy, Hot water heaters are the number one guzzler of energy. The number two guzzler is your clothes dryer. It is a lot cheaper and very easy to buy a clothesline which gives you a solar clothes dryer for just a few dollars. I am amazed at how few people make this simple change and instead yak about solar panels which are complicated and costly in materials and labor

freedomwarrior43 Says:

Oct 16, 2008 - >>"t is a lot cheaper and very easy to buy a clothesline" Then, when you wear your clothes, you will look like you spent the night in a bottle.