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

Kathy Cochran kathys_old_house at goldrush.com
Sat Mar 24 00:24:27 CDT 2012


Cheers, Corwyn! 

I would be fascinated to hear how YOU, of all people on this list, is
putting this system together, and would be honored to hear about the details
of what you are using to put this together.

Kindest regards,

Kathy Cochran
Calaveras County, California

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[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org] On Behalf Of Corwyn
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Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] is it ever sensible to use PV to heat water?

On 3/23/2012 3:13 PM, Reuben Deumling wrote:
> When we get serious about phasing out fossil fuels, we're going to 
> find ourselves scaling back to the essential services for which 
> electricity is uniquely suited (motors, computers, refrigeration, lights
perhaps).
> Electric water heating strikes me as an end use that would not make 
> the top ten.

The word 'Electric' in the last sentence is probably redundant...

***

My solar hot water system DHW and Space heating, goes up this summer. 
  Yippee!

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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Topher Belknap
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