Retrofit a Solar Water Heater to Your Existing Electrical Geyser

Retrofit solar water heater

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 existing standard geysers with very good results.  There are however,some important factors to keep [...]

ESKOM Solar Water Heating Workshop

2 x 30 evacuated tube Hills Solar solar collectors in series

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 the rebate claims process and future funding for the program.  One of the [...]

Pumps For Solar Water Heaters

Grundfos UP15-14B Pump Small

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 the mains water supply to the system is interrupted,the pump can be [...]

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.  [...]