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[Rods2]

This is the home made solar water panel website:

http://www.solarfriend.co.uk/

and this is the diary he has kept since 2008:

http://www.solarfriend.co.uk/diary.html

The fact that the UK has overcast skies for over 50% of the time is a massive disadvantage compare to other countries, but he does seem to get some water on cold winter days if there is some decent sunshine.

I would be interested in the comments from the plumbers of here with his direct heating system layout.

[05omegav6]

When my brother had an extension built, he had a thermal panel installed.

This does seem to make a difference in that you can run three baths and a shower simultaneously without running out of water, where as the original system might struggle after a hammering...

Whether it repays the investment or not I don't know, but it must save on gas and electricity by not needing to run either the boiler or immersion for as long as previously. In fact, since installing the panel, I don't think they've had need of the immersion

[Marks DTM Calib]

I would not advise solar thermal to anybody in the UK unless there on or very near the south coast.

It works well in the likes of Spain but in the Uk, its pretty rubbish.

Was involved with an EU funded project which combined an air source heat pump and solar thermal to try to get efficiency and active time up but the solar side was either brilliant (e.g. hot long sunny day) or bloody useless......and that thing was covered in monitors and such like.

[05omegav6]

I would not advise solar thermal to anybody in the UK unless there on or very near the south coast.

It works well in the likes of Spain but in the Uk, its pretty rubbish.

Was involved with an EU funded project which combined an air source heat pump and solar thermal to try to get efficiency and active time up but the solar side was either brilliant (e.g. hot long sunny day) or bloody useless......and that thing was covered in monitors and such like.

Brother lives in The New Forest