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New Product to Improve Home Air Quality
I spoke to Curtis Dobbie of Heathaire this week about his exciting new heat exchanger product that is not even on his website yet. Curtis was one of the pioneers of the ‘DVS’ system and you can see on the … Continue reading
Posted in christchurch, New Zealand
Tagged air, dvs, healthier, heat exchanger, heated, home, house, hrv, humid, low cost, solar, warmth
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Solar Water Heating – The Odds and Sods
The last piece on solar water heating is putting all the pieces together. You will need pipes to transport the water or heat transfer fluid to the hot water cylinder and if the hot water cylinder is not in the … Continue reading
Posted in christchurch, New Zealand
Tagged cheaper, controller, evacuated tube, hot water, hot water cylinder, pipes, pool, sensor, solar, spa, sun, swimming pool, temperature, thermostat, timer, water
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Solar Water Heating – Hot Water Cylinders
When you have a solar hot water system the hot water needs to be stored in a hot water cylinder. The cylinder will normally have a secondary form of heating in case of days with very little solar energy available to heat … Continue reading
Posted in christchurch, New Zealand
Tagged gas, heat, hot water cylinder, larger, liters, litres, outside, pipes, pre heated, pump, pumped, roof, sizes, solar, strengthen, tank, temperature, tempreture, thermo siphon, thermo syphon, thermosiphon, thermosyphon, wetback
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Solar Water Heating – The Two Types of Collector Panel
Obviously in New Zealand the collector panels need to be placed on a section of roof that is north facing or close to it. There are two types of solar collector panels: Flat Plate – This is the most common … Continue reading
Posted in christchurch, New Zealand
Tagged absorbers, advantages, angle, degree, disadvantages, evacuated tube, flat plate, heat exchanger, heating, leak, liquid, New Zealand, north, perpendicular, perpindicular, solar, sun, vacuum, water
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Solar Water Heating for Homes – Open and Closed Systems
There are two types of solar water heaters available these are: The Open Loop – Where the water to be heated is circulated through the collector panels and then returned to the hot water cylinder for use. The Closed Loop – … Continue reading
Posted in Burnside, christchurch, New Brighton, New Zealand
Tagged advantages, anti freeze, antifreeze, automatic, cheaper, closed loop, closed loop system, coil, collecter panel, collector panel, cons, cool, diadvantaghes, drain, efficient, feed pipes, glycol, heat, heat exchanger, hot water, hot water cylinder, open loop, open loop system, panel size, people, pros, roof, solar, solar heating, sun, system, temperature, tempreture, teperature, water
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Solar Heating – Hot Water
Nice Sun, shame about the clouds In New Zealand, solar rays are an abundant energy source. Many homes are exposed annually to 20 – 30 times more energy from the sun than they use in electricity or gas. You can … Continue reading
Posted in Burnside, christchurch, New Brighton, New Zealand
Tagged bedrooms, collecter panel, collecter size, collector panel, collector size, controller, controllor, facing, heat, hot water, north, panel size, people, pump, roof, solar, solar heating, sun, tank, tank size, timer
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