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The Avantages Of Solar Power

By: Adie Duny

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Hot water for bathing, baths, cleaning clothes and a multitude of other things is done by electricity or gas supplied by utility companies. Nevertheless the plain facts are most of this energy is not renewable and are proving increasingly harder to unearth as more is used up. This puts the pinch on the average family consumer that is finding utility bills gradually going up at above inflation numbers. This will only persist as fossil fuels get harder to find and extract. Thus consumers, governments and even the companies that make available electricity are looking for alternatives that are less damaging to the surroundings and are a renewable resource. Solar power is a good way to heat water and has been successful for close to 100 years now. This piece will discuss cover how you can save money on your household energy bills by installing a solar power water boiler.

Solar energy water heating is possibly the simplest application of solar energy that we have today. It is basically a matter of harnessing the thermal rays of the sun and applying it to water. There are two conventional ways of doing this. They are known as the flat plate collector and batch collector systems.
Flat plate collectors are simply a succession of pipes that are placed in a part of the home where there is direct sunlight generally a south facing roof. Water is passed through the pipes and is heated by the sun in the process. The pipes are planned to take greatest benefit of the thermal heat.

A batch collector system is a water tank that has been adapted to get the most out of the sun's energy. This includes black surfaces that suck up the thermal energy. The tank is positioned in a place that will get lots of uninterrupted sunlight and is adjacent to the house. The roof is a popular location.

The water supplied by either of these systems can then be used in the usual plumbing system of the home where it can be used for everyday usage such as showers, washing up the dishes and cooking. Even though the home will still be coupled to the electricity or gas that generally heats the water, the solar heated water will require a lot less energy to heat it than ordinary cooler water. This will help to save on utility bills.

Purchasing and installing each system will cost a bit of money but the maintenance cost is small and the system will last anywhere from 8 to 30 years. Depending on how much hot water you use and how cost-effective your home is in terms of storing hot water, you could pay off the purchase and installation costs within 5 to 7 years. After that you would be saving money. You would also be doing your bit in decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases pumped into the environment.

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