Monthly Archives: August 2011

Retrofit a Solar Water Heater to Your Existing Electrical Geyser

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Admin

Many of our clients have perfectly good, normal high pressure geysers in their homes and are naturally loathe to remove it and replace it with a solar geyser.  We have installed many SABS approved retrofit solar water heater systems to … Continue reading →

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ESKOM Solar Water Heating Workshop

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Admin

Eskom recently held a workshop for stakeholders in the solar water heater industry.  They looked at issues such as electricity savings per rand spent on the initiative, quality of systems and installations of those systems, local manufacturing incentives, status of … Continue reading →

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Pumps For Solar Water Heaters

Posted on August 4, 2011 by Admin

The circulation pump is the potential weak point in a pumped (active) solar system.  If the system is running normally, the pump is protected by the solar controller, but if there is a failure such as an electrical outage, or … Continue reading →

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