How Does Northern Lights Solar Home Heating System Work?

A solar home heating system uses the solar evacuated tube collectors to absorb the energy from the sun. This energy is transferred to a storage tank. The stored heat is integrated with the existing heating system to supply heat. Generally, a large size 119 gallon storage tank can be used to store more energy. It can be used to supply heat when the sun doesn’t shine especially during the evening.

Winter is the time of the year when you demand more heat. Hence, a secondary dissipation loop may be required to off load the heat during the summer. If you own a pool or a pool, the excess amount of heat energy can be transferred during summer while providing free pool and hot tub heat and home heating during winter.

Alternatively, a dissipation loop like a buried pipe or exterior fan can be used for dumping the heat. However, consider installing a geothermal system which will remove excess amount of heat during summer storing it in the ground for using during winter.

Solar home heating kits are ideal to use in colder area which are susceptible to freezing. They use a special solar glycol heating fluid which will avoid damage caused by frozen pipes. This special fluid can work a minus 40 Fahrenheit and can operate really well in temperatures as high as 480F. Northern Lights use specially designed solar storage tanks with 119 gallons storage capacity which is able to hold over 120,000 BTU (35 KW) heat energy at any time.

How Does Solar Home Heating System Work?

Northern Lights solar home heating kit uses a special solar storage tank, helping in storing solar energy during day time. It can release the stored energy during night when the heat demand remains higher than the daytime. The storage tank is used for residential hot water purposes so that the solar energy can providing water heating for both residential water heating and space heating in one system.

The solar heating system features with a 4.5 KW heating element present in the middle of the storage tank. It’s addition whether you use it or not. The heating element can be used to make sure that there is always availability of hot water during the evening. This is a hybrid system which is well-known for providing solar radiant floor heating benefits. The solar home heating system can eliminate the requirement for the hydronic boiler as the 4.5 KW heater and the solar energy provide enough energy for up to around 2,000 square feet space.

The solar space heater comes with the Resol controller which helps in controlling both the solar heating loop and secondary heating loop. This integrated solar heating package is able to deliver the highest paybacks on solar heating.

The solar home heating system combined with the Geothermal heating system is another popular way of combining two sources of green energy that provides you with maximum cost savings. This system uses excess amount of energy from the solar water heater which Northern Lights can add this energy to the geothermal loop through a heat exchanger.

Another way of heating with solar system is with the solar air heater. It’s a much more affordable way of heating space; but it’s unable to store heat energy. Air gets heated through the glass layer and selective coated material layer which helps in absorbing heat energy. A solar PV fan system distributes heat energy throughout the house according to the thermostatic controller. It really works well for homes with basements or crawl spaces that require heating the colder air.

If you want to know more about our solar home heating systems, feel free to contact Northern Lights Solar Tubs at +1 (800) 317-9054.