Integration with domestic hot water and solar space heating

The best part of our solar water heater is that they can easily be expanded to cover other areas of home heating. By pairing a solar pool heating system with a a solar domestic hot water system or solar space heating you can maximize your investment. Now when the cold season arrives and you shut down the pool, you simply switch your solar pool heaters into space heating and domestic hot water for the winter months, giving you 365 days a year of solar heating.
 

A Solar Pool Pump Station and Controller is used to move heated water (or glycol) through the closed loop pool heating system. The pool water is circulated through a heat exchanger instead of directly through the solar pool heater collectors. This means the harsh environment of the chlorine or salt water never is in contact with the solar loop. This is a critical factor in longevity of the solar pool heating system. A small solar pump activates the solar heating loop when the temperature of the collectors is greater than that of the pool water. The computer controller has many other features such as freeze protection which activates the pump when there is a chance of freezing to minimize damage to the system. It also has nocturnal cooling that will activate the solar loop during the night if the pool gets too hot. 

Most other solar pool heating systems utilize the existing pool pump. Depending on the height of the collectors you may find the pool pump may need to be upgraded to overcome the head pressure (vertical rise). This also causes the pump to run harder resulting in more elecrtity cost and earlier failure. Our systems are based on a closed loop design and utilize a heat exchanger. A closed loop system has no vertical head pressure to over come. The gravitational pull back down is equal to the gravitationally head pressure. By using a closed loop system a much smaller circulation pump can be used and collectors can be mounted on higher roofs than with an open loop systems of the past. 

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Solar Collector Specification*

Specification Solar collector (SFB205818) Solar collector (SFB305818) Number of tubes 20 30 Manifold Alumimum Aluminum Heating type Copper Heat Pipe Copper Heat Pipe Lenth of Tube 1800mm 1800mm OD of tube 58 mm 58mm ID of tube 50 mm 50mm Glass Thickness 1.6 mm 1.6mm Water Capacity 1.8 L (.4gallons) 2.6 L (.6 gallons) Weight dry 198lbs 220 lbs Weigh Wet 180 lbs 230 lbs Max BTU/HR 5000 per hr 7,510 per hr Pressure 116 psi 116 psi Glass MaVacuumterial Borosilicate glass Borosilicate glass Vacuum P<5x10 -3 PA P<5x10 -3 PA Frame Included Included

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