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The place for solar thermal is probably ease of maintenance. No moving parts means a lot less to go wrong, and a lot cheaper/easier to fix if something does go
by Turskarama 3y ago
The place for solar thermal is probably ease of maintenance. No moving parts means a lot less to go wrong, and a lot cheaper/easier to fix if something does go wrong.
That said, better house design gets you pretty much all the way there, and in places where you cannot design a house to get enough sun to heat it properly you also probably can't get enough for a solar collector to help much.
- mlyle 3y agoSolar thermal is also great for e.g. heating pools.
- Doxin 3y ago> The place for solar thermal is probably ease of maintenance. Can vouch for this. We've gone through three water heaters and a bunch of maintenance on those, and in the same time the solar collector has been replaced zero times and required no maintenance. It's honestly quite impressive.
- BizarroLand 3y agoI could see it being useful in a remote living / off grid scenario as well, especially if you made it yourself out of recycled car parts and scrap.
- aziaziazi 3y agoCan you share the brand and tech ?
- adamfp 3y agoTech: evacuated solar tubes Brand: Apricus I heavily vouch for them - the tech is so effective we cover them with a shadecloth in high Summer because the water gets too hot (Off-Grid property in Central West NSW, Australia). Ours have lasted over 10 yrs without maintenance. One downside is that they're not ubiquitous so some plumbers may not want to work with them. They're so good I'm surprised I don't see them everywhere.