TKAG anti-fracking campaign launches Hip-Hop music video against fracking

Stop Fracking with The Karoo

Today Cape Town saw the release of a music video about the dangers of fracking. TKAG or Treasure Karoo Action Group produced this animated music video,with Afrikaaps vocalist and writer Jitsvinger (a.k.a. Quintin Goliath) as part of their campaign to create awareness about why hydraulic fracturing or “Fracking”should not be allowed in South [...]

Expansion Valve Discharge on Solar Water Heaters

Solar water heaters go through larger heating and cooling cycles than normal geysers.  This is because solar can take the water temperature in the geysers to higher temperatures than electrical heating,particularly in summer.  In addition,all solar water heaters should also be fitted with a timer to prevent the electrical backup coming on unnecesarily.  [...]

Quick Setup and Operating Guide for SR868C8 Solar Controller

Solar Controllers from Go Solar

After extensive testing we now normally use the SR868C8 controller  in most of our domestic solar hot water systems.   As well as controlling the solar circulation pump,it  enables total control over electrical backup heating depending on solar conditions.  We set the controllers to the timer settings required by ESKOM on their rebate program [...]

A Solar Water Heating Disaster Story

We were asked the other day by SESSA (Sustainable Energy Society of South Africa) to go and investigate an installation by a fairly well known company,near to our offices.  We were met there by someone doing a feature for M Net’s Carte Blanche (for more on their reason for the story see [...]

Evacuated Tube Technology

Evacuted Tubes

At the heart of the Hills Solar water heaters from Go Solar are the evacuated tube collectors.  Evacuated tubes are a newer technology to the older flat plate collectors and are extremely efficient at capturing and retaining the energy from solar radiation.  So much so that they are even used to provide hot [...]