Get Solar Water Heating » energy efficiency http://www.getsolarwaterheating.co.za Get Solar Water Heating Today Wed, 14 Apr 2010 09:21:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Solar Collectors http://www.getsolarwaterheating.co.za/solar-collectors.html http://www.getsolarwaterheating.co.za/solar-collectors.html#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:26:39 +0000 justin http://www.getsolarwaterheating.co.za/?p=69 A solar collector is the device that is typically placed North facing on your roof which absorbs Sun light and converts it into heat. The heat produced by the solar collector is in turn used to heat the water inside your geyser.

There are various types of solar collectors on the market and the two most popular types are:

  • Evacuated tube collectors
  • Flat plate collectors

Evacuated tube collector

Demo of how hot evacuated tubes can get in just 30 minutes:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsx7BX0l5uQ

How evacuated tubes are manufactured:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z322o2X8upY

Flat plate collector

Demo of how flat late collectors are used in commercial systems.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv1H5Q2yY94

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