Requirements For Installing A Solar Energy Water Heater

The proper functioning of the solar heater through time depends on a perfect performance in the installation and use of appropriate materials. As for materials, you should require those who are of the highest quality and lasting in time.

The main factors affecting the plant materials are: oxidation, corrosion, or ultraviolet rays.

Oxidation is a phenomenon where the metal in contact with moisture chemically react structurally weakening. Affect the metal parts of the facility and to prevent it should be required material in stainless steel components of the heater. Thus, the box of the collector, the absorber and the tank must be of galvanized, aluminum or other material to ensure that it is stainless.

For the piping must be used in copper, galvanized steel or plastic materials to withstand high temperatures and ultraviolet radiation from the sun, such as polypropylene.

Corrosion is a phenomenon similar to the oxidation that occurs in coastal areas by carrying the salty sea air. Also affects metallic materials and to avoid its harmful effects must be used in general galvanized materials.

Ultraviolet are part of solar radiation. They have the effect of plastic substances degrade quickly, so if the installation takes elements required is that these plastics are resistant to ultraviolet rays or are not exposed to direct sunlight. You should not ever accept that the transparent material bearing the collector to produce the greenhouse effect is plastic, because it will degrade rapidly and lose their transparency unusable installation. As blanket manifold glasses should always use (normal, mild, polisillicates)

Also for the system of solar heating to work well, it must require pipelines, especially those with the hot water, take a trip as short as possible or preferably thermally insulated to avoid losing part of the heat energy by them.

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