Thermal solar / Discussions

...solar air heated radiant slab on grade floor. I would personally lean towards that because they address a lot of the issues that come up with solar thermal water heaters – read more here, which can have a lot of maintenance issues. The thermal solar air panels we installed in that prefab kit house obviously don’t leak ...

...solar air heaters -  DIY solar air heater instructional video  So if I understand correctly you are using the layered screen technique to build your panel? The only downside that we find with solar air heaters is storing the heat. If you incorporate thermal mass into it you can get more production from your solar panel...

...thermal solar collector in the end, we do like that Vitosol Solar Thermal Panel from Viessmann. Overheating is the main cause of system failures, and they have developed an excellent solution to that problem.   As for the SANCO2 Heat pump water heater, that is a fantastic piece of equipment, we looked into it a while a...