Onoff
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As posted elsewhere thanks to @OJCar for grabbing me this solar thermal pump, controller and expansion tank.
Got my 17 replacement tubes yesterday so I can repair my panels and have 3 up and running. Excess won't be an issue as I'm going to look into a bfo thermal store and use the shaded, north side of the house as a heat dump if required.
In the first instance I'm thinking to use the spare copper cylinder I have as a simple pre heat tank.
Then whether the control kit above is suitable for a 3 panel system...
Was talking to the tube chap yesterday and he reckons with an "FE" tank and getting your levels right, you can avoid having glycol in your system as all the water in the tubes drains back out of the tubes / avoids freezing. Got to get my head round that.
Got to organise some tile brackets, Unistrut, and a scaffold tower(s) to get up to the roof.
The nice man who gave me the tubes is dropping in some surplus, foil covered Rockwool pipe insulation in about 3 weeks.
All systems go hopefully. I reckon though costs will build up on the install to the point I'll be wishing I'd gone PV!
Got my 17 replacement tubes yesterday so I can repair my panels and have 3 up and running. Excess won't be an issue as I'm going to look into a bfo thermal store and use the shaded, north side of the house as a heat dump if required.
In the first instance I'm thinking to use the spare copper cylinder I have as a simple pre heat tank.
Then whether the control kit above is suitable for a 3 panel system...
Was talking to the tube chap yesterday and he reckons with an "FE" tank and getting your levels right, you can avoid having glycol in your system as all the water in the tubes drains back out of the tubes / avoids freezing. Got to get my head round that.
Got to organise some tile brackets, Unistrut, and a scaffold tower(s) to get up to the roof.
The nice man who gave me the tubes is dropping in some surplus, foil covered Rockwool pipe insulation in about 3 weeks.
All systems go hopefully. I reckon though costs will build up on the install to the point I'll be wishing I'd gone PV!