The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #97048   Message #2235876
Posted By: open mike
14-Jan-08 - 12:01 AM
Thread Name: Should we install Solar Power?
Subject: RE: Should we install Solar Power?
If you have a system that has some fluid that does not freeze
easliy this will be better. I have had solar collectors that
freeze (water expands with enough force to burst copper pipes)
even when the temp is a bit ABOVE freezing, as the heat
dissapates (radiates) to the night sky making temps drop
inside the collector.

some units have a small low voltage pump (grundfos brand?)
to circulate the fluid, and some have a heat exchanger that