Maximise Your Summertime Savings

Hills Solar SR868C8 Controller

Well,summer is approaching and we have already had some really hot days.  This is the time to maximise your solar hot water savings by ensuring that your electrical element never switches on unnecessarily.  You also want to try and prevent the system from going into stagnation (boiling) in the solar collector on [...]

Solar Geysers

sacrificial anode corroded in Kwikot geyser

Just like a conventional,electrically heated geyser,solar water heaters require a storage hot water cylinder.  This allows water to be heated by the sun during the day and stored for use that night or the following morning.  It also provides an electrical backup element to heat the water should there be insufficient solar radiation [...]