[Greenbuilding] single flat plate collector for household with 29gpd total indoor water use (faucets)

[Reuben Deumling]

Frank,

thanks for your reply.

In sizing the system I realize that it is important to (ideally) match the
storage volume to both the collector area and the demand. A thirty gallon
tank is much easier to find around here, and given that the water heater
we've been using for the past fifteen years is a 20 gallon model (from the
forties) I'd think at least with respect to the demand part of the equation
the thirty gallon tank would be adequate or just about perfect. I would
also prefer to have
- a thermosiphon system, and
- drain it in the Fall as your neighbor does.

Cheap, simple, and with manual interventions is generally my preferred
approach to these kinds of systems.


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:35 AM, Frank Tettemer <frank at livingsol.com> wrote:

> Hi Reuben,
>
> I see nothing wrong with one flat plate paired up with a twenty or thirty
> gallon tank, for your defined consumption rate. My next door neighbor has
> one flat plate with a twenty gallon tank, here in Ontario, Canada.  She has
> excellent hot water from June to September, which is when she drains the
> system for the winter
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