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MoreCashThanDash · 2011-05-02T18:54:24Z

Oh great Oracle of STW, enlighten me.... After a great day out with the kids at CAT at Muck'n'Fluff, we are toying with the idea of getting some quotes for a solar water heating system - we have a south facing roof, intend staying in the house for another 15 years, so it seems worth investigating. I'm guessing someone on here has already done this, so any expriences, advice, recommendations would be gratefully received, before I start wading through all the sales literature. Before anyone mentions it, we don't think going for a PV system instead would be worth it - the southerly aspect of the roof isn't that big and the ConDem government is apparently cutting the guaranteed tariff Cheers

Smudger666

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MST - Your panel definitely undersized - a 210 Litre tanke would require 4msq of flat plate to be sized for a south facing roof in england.

Posted : 04/05/2011 3:38 pm

mst

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Smudger - I suspect that is part of the problem. I've heard various rumours that they don't spec 1 panel for that size of cylinder any more, but the guy we complained to denied that.

I'm also of the opinion that it's not working as well as it could do, but the company who supplied it just refer back to the spec they supplied on the quote and to be honest it's pretty difficult to work out if it's fulfilling that or not.

Posted : 04/05/2011 3:55 pm

Edukator

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High: 46°C yesterday after two sunny days, low: 35°C last Sunday after two cloudy days. Still no need for the electrical heater since the end of April.

Posted : 19/05/2011 2:27 pm

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