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I want to install a solar water heater system and would like the water pump to be powered by solar electric as well.
I search google and get zillions of web pages on this!
Where is the best place to buy what I need online?
(I do construction/plumbing/electrical work, so can do everything myself, get permit, etc.)
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:50:55 -0800, "Bill" wrote:
I want to install a solar water heater system and would like the water pump to be powered by solar electric as well.
I search google and get zillions of web pages on this!
Where is the best place to buy what I need online?
(I do construction/plumbing/electrical work, so can do everything myself, get permit, etc.)
I purchased absorbers from this outfit http://www.sunraysolar.com/pricelist.html. They were very nice to deal with, even willing to ship the absorbers unassembled to save on shipping (I already had enclosures). But it turned out they could offer such a good deal on truck freight that I ordered assembled units.
I was going to go the PV power/control route, but on reflection decided to use a Temp Trak II differential controller instead, partly because I wanted direct digital readouts of the sensor temperatures. The controller and pump are both AC powered. A battery-powered timer eliminates power draw except during daylight hours.
Wayne
wmbjk wrote:
On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 19:50:55 -0800, "Bill" <bill190nospam@yahoo.com wrote:
I want to install a solar water heater system and would like the water pump to be powered by solar electric as well.
I search google and get zillions of web pages on this!
Where is the best place to buy what I need online?
(I do construction/plumbing/electrical work, so can do everything myself, get permit, etc.)
I purchased absorbers from this outfit http://www.sunraysolar.com/pricelist.html. They were very nice to deal with, even willing to ship the absorbers unassembled to save on shipping (I already had enclosures). But it turned out they could offer such a good deal on truck freight that I ordered assembled units.
I was going to go the PV power/control route, but on reflection decided to use a Temp Trak II differential controller instead, partly because I wanted direct digital readouts of the sensor temperatures. The controller and pump are both AC powered. A battery-powered timer eliminates power draw except during daylight hours.
Wayne
Checkout the solar water heaters we made recently. Yes, that's me on the left ....
http://www.green-trust.org/photoalbum/TEVA%20Solar%20Class/slides/DSCF0415_1.html
-- Steve Spence Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html
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