[Greenbuilding] is it ever sensible to use PV to heat water?

[Steven Tjiang]

18 months ago I came to a similar conclusion.  Active solar thermal is just
not worth it in my climate (san francisco bay area) UNLESS you have a pool
or a hot tub.
However, I did find a very simple ICS solar system does make sense.  I went
with Solar PV and heat pump water heater.

I posted my conclusion on this list and was derided by several here on this
list.....

---- Steve (KZ6LSD)


On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 9:50 AM, <molasses at q.com> wrote:

> On this topic:
> http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/blogs/dept/musings/solar-thermal-dead
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