Loved the video because of the clear explanation of the different options and their ROI / costs. A pity you guys are in Christchurch as we are in Auckland and looking for someone with your expertise.
It depends on your usage, but with the increase in energy efficient appliances in the rest of your house, hot water has become the biggest cost on most Kiwi's power bills.
Very difficult if you are trying to run directly as you need a consistant 7kW input, easier if you have a battery and a inverter that can handle this sort of grunt. Usually when going off grids we try to avoid high loads like this. Better to have an energy store whether that be a hot water cylinder on grunty battey and draw from the energy collected during the previous 24 hours.
wow! this video completely shifted my perspective on hot water
Glad to hear it, there's a lot of misconceptions with solar hot water, so we're happy to put some of those to rest.
Great video, full of insights 👍
Strongly agree
Loved the video because of the clear explanation of the different options and their ROI / costs.
A pity you guys are in Christchurch as we are in Auckland and looking for someone with your expertise.
Thanks Paul! means alot, we will certainly let you know when we get up your way :)
What about hot water heat pumps?
He talks about them from 19:30 and he says they are very efficient
Don't ask me why, but I thought otherwise hot water consumed less.
It depends on your usage, but with the increase in energy efficient appliances in the rest of your house, hot water has become the biggest cost on most Kiwi's power bills.
Can you run a 7kw Triton electric shower on solar please?
Very difficult if you are trying to run directly as you need a consistant 7kW input, easier if you have a battery and a inverter that can handle this sort of grunt. Usually when going off grids we try to avoid high loads like this. Better to have an energy store whether that be a hot water cylinder on grunty battey and draw from the energy collected during the previous 24 hours.