Solar Water Heaters | FAQ II

What kind of maintenance does a solar water heater? This type of solar water heaters do not have any mechanical or electrical part for its operation, which makes equipment with minimal maintenance. Maintenance consists basically of two cosas.1. Evacuated tubes clean at least twice a year with a flannel soaked in white vinegar. This cleaning is done in the morning or afternoon 2. Change the magnesium rod includes equipment every two years.

What happens if you break an evacuated tube? If a tube is broken, this should be replaced with another. The kit includes a plug that is placed in the water heater to function while replacing the damaged pipe.

What size equipment do I need? In Mexico it is considered an average of 40 liters per person per day hot water, so we must multiply this number of gallons by the number of people living in the house where we install the equipment and the recommended size. more computers are sold in the domestic market have capacities between one hundred and two hundred liters.

Can you have installed solar water heater only without conventional backup system (boiler)? If it can, given the weather conditions of the Mexican Republic, and high levels of solar energy available in the country. The solar heater cover more than 85% of hot water demand in the year to ensure 100% consumption is recommended as a backup conventional boiler.

Do you change the hydraulics of the house where the solar heater is installed? The facility is inside the house is not changed at all, will have solar-heated water at points where it normally does. The only points where the hydraulics are changed to the hot water outlet of the boiler (if you have one) and the mains cold water coming from the overhead tank (gravity systems).

Is the solar water heater works in the winter? This type of solar water heaters, if they work in winter and require no additional fixtures to operate safely. The delivered hot water temperature is 50 ° C, approximately around the country.

Is the solar water heater works on cloudy days? Depending on the intensity and the period of cloudy water equipment delivered hot to cold. If the cloud is partial and lasts a few hours will have hot water, but if the cloud is severe and lasts several days, will warm to cold water.

What is the proper orientation of the solar heater? In Mexico the equipment installed on roofs facing south geographic deviations of plus or minus 20 ° to the east or west are admissible. The average angle of 20 °.

What is the life of the solar heater? This type of equipment has a useful life of more than 15 years