I've had solar hot water and I currently have solar pool heating and solar PV.
Solar hot water wasn't good in winter. Sure, modern systems are better at that
but you end up needing to boost it with instant or storage heating in winter.
Solar for your pool is great because you want it when the
! I
> accidentally got my 19,000+ gallon pool up to 99 degrees F last labor day
> using only rooftop solarotherwise, i agree about PV, having PV since 1999
>
> From: Robert Bruninga via EV
> To: ev@lists.evdl.org
> Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [
Sent: Sat 1/17/2015 8:12 AM
To: robert winfield
Cc: Electric Vehicle Discussion List
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV Demand Response - (solar-thermal-NOT-2)
> there is 1 place at least solar thermal wins. Heating swimming pools!
But all that rooftop thermal energy is doing nothing during fall, winter
an
January 14, 2015 1:34 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [EVDL] EV Demand Response - (solar-thermal-NOT-2)
>
> > My point was that if the energy source is FREE,
> > people don't care how much it takes or what its efficiency is.
> > They'll use whatever is cheapest; not the mo
: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [EVDL] EV Demand Response - (solar-thermal-NOT-2)
> My point was that if the energy source is FREE,
> people don't care how much it takes or what its efficiency is.
> They'll use whatever is cheapest; not the most efficient.
Well, we
> My point was that if the energy source is FREE,
> people don't care how much it takes or what its efficiency is.
> They'll use whatever is cheapest; not the most efficient.
Well, we completely disagree. We are talking about rooftop solar. The
system to use that solar energy is NOT free. It co
