Of course... Problems are that most folks don't have a large enough, unobstructed are at ground level, on which to *put* the panels. If, on the other hand you raise the tank, it becomes a structural engineering issue. For a farm location, and especially where the back side of the home faces the equator, it would be fine to put the panels down low - as long as you don't also have trees to sgade the hot side of the house!
Dave On Sat, 16 Jan 1999, The Shaws wrote: > I have always wondered why solar panels are put on a roof. > Up there, they are higher than the hot water tank (well, > they are in the UK, where the temperature gets down a bit, > and the storage tank is indoors), and so temperature > sensors, one way valves and pumps have to be involved. It > seems more logical (or am I missing something) to put the > panels on ground level, or at least below the height of the > hot water storage tank - the thermal syphon then does all > the work with no moving parts. > > Mike > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 53.37N 3.02W > >
