How Does Solar Home Heating System Work in Cold Weather?

Solar home heaters or solar space heaters are growing rapidly in the solar water heating industry. The main reasons behind their popularity include the enormous energy efficiency and higher operational temperatures through the solar vacuum tubes.

Generally, solar evacuated tube collectors work well in low light conditions and temperatures, i.e. minus 35 degrees. As a result, most homeowners in Northern USA, Canada and Europe are using solar home heaters for heating their homes.

Generally, they can integrate their systems with the existing heater like a radiator, in-floor heater or forced air heater. The integration helps in saving around 50% of their heating bill. After all, heating a home consumes a significant portion of your energy bill so you can expect the payback within five years.

How Does Solar Home Heating System Work?

A solar home heating system comes with solar vacuum tube collectors, which help absorb solar energy. After that, the energy is transferred to the storage tank, which is then integrated with the existing heating system to supply heat to your home.

A Northern Lights solar home heating system comes with a 119-gallon storage tank. The storage tank can hold enough energy, which can be used in the evening to supply heat to your home. In addition, the stored energy is helpful for the house when the sun is not shining.

Usually, you require more heat energy for your home during winter. So, you can use a secondary dissipation loop to offload the heat energy during the summer months. If you own a pool or a hot tub, your heating system can transfer the excessive heat energy to the hot tub or pool to provide heating during winter.

Every homeowner can use an alternative dissipation loop like a buried pipe or an exterior fan to dump the heat. However, a geothermal system is an ideal investment to eliminate the excess heat in summer by storing it in the ground for use during winter. Alternatively, you can cover or unplug the heat pipes in summer. It’s known as a manual way of shutting down the heating system.

Solar home heating or space heating systems are typically used in colder regions. However, these systems are susceptible to freezing conditions as they use a special solar glycol heating fluid to prevent damage caused by the frozen pipes. The glycol heating fluid can even work at minus 40 Fahrenheit or operate at high temperatures, i.e. 480 F.

When you buy a solar home heating system, you should rely on Northern Lights Solar Tubs. Our specially designed solar home heating systems come with specialized solar storage tanks. They have a larger storage capacity of 119 gallons and can store over 120,000 BTU (35 KW) heat energy anytime. If you want to know more about our solar-powered home heating systems, please call us at +1 (800) 317-9054.

How Does Solar Pool Heating System Work?

Most pool owners know about using solar pool heating systems. They know all the benefits and cost-savings of solar for heating pools. Hence, investing in solar pool heaters can be lucrative for all pool owners. When buying a solar-powered heating system for your swimming pool, why don't you invest in a solar pool heating kit available at Northern Lights Solar Solutions! Look at the post and know how this system works.

How Does a Solar Pool Heater Work?

Northern Lights solar pool heaters feature a closed loop system, while other pool heaters use an open loop system. In an open loop system, the pool pump pushes the pool water against gravity which causes additional wear on the pump and increases the operational cost of pumps by up to 30%.

But Northern Lights solar pool heating units use a heat exchanger to separate the pool heating fluid and the water in the pool. As a result, a very mall amount of water or glycol (In cold climates) is circulated throughout the solar evacuated tubes at a rate of 0.75-1.25 GPM. The evacuated tube absorbs energy from the sun and transfers the energy to the pool by using a heat exchanger.

The hi-flow pool heat exchanger always puts little resistance on the pool heat pump, ensuring that the heat pump works at its normal capacity. In addition, it prevents the chlorinated pool water from touching the solar heating system. As a result, the solar system extends its life and investment by around five times that of an ordinary heating system.

However, Northern Lights solar pool heaters are highly advanced and much more efficient so that they can start delivering heat as soon as the sun rises in the morning. This implies they don't require direct sunlight conditions for their operation. Even in light rain, the solar pool heater will deliver heat energy to the pool.

The solar pool heating system has a digital controller that maximizes the solar output. It includes safety features like freeze protection, holiday cooling mode, and advanced energy monitoring, which will help you know your daily savings. In addition, you can get the system's real-time performance and historical data by transmitting the system data to the internet on any PC or smartphone through Free Resol VBus.net.

How Does Solar Pool Heat Exchanger Work?

The solar pool heat exchanger is responsible for transferring heat between the pools. A titanium heat exchanger is perfect for saltwater or high chlorine pool. It will last much longer and work efficiently without being affected by the chemicals present in a pool.

The solar pool heat exchangers are specifically designed for applications of pool flow rates which can be as high as 50 GPM. The large unrestricted flow on the poolside absorbs the solar thermal energy provided by the solar side. The pool heat exchanger ensures that both liquids don't come in contact with each other physically.

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Want to learn more about our available solar pool heaters and heat exchangers? If yes, then please contact Northern Lights Solar Tubs at 1 (800) 317-9054.

How Does Solar Home Heating System Work?

Solar home heating systems have been growing rapidly in the solar water heating market. They are popular due to their extremely high efficiency and higher operational temperatures thanks to the solar vacuum tubes. Solar evacuated tube collector works efficiently in low light conditions and operates consistently even if the temperature reaches minus 35 degrees.

However, solar home heating systems are commonly used in the Northern USA, Canada, and Europe. It can be integrated with an existing heater like a radiator, in-floor heat, or forced air heater. By combining this system, you can expect to save up to half of your heating bill. After all, heating the home consumes a significant portion of your energy bill, and you can expect the payback within five years.

How Does Solar Heating Kit Work?

A solar home heating system uses solar evacuated tube collectors to absorb solar energy. The energy is then transferred to the storage tank or a concrete pad in-floor heating system. The stored heat is integrated with the existing heating system to supplement the heat supply.

The solar-powered heating unit comes with a larger 119-gallon storage tank which can hold more energy and be used in the evening to supply heat. It’s necessary as this is when the sun is not shining.

The heat demand increases during the winter, so the system will require a secondary dissipation loop to offload the heat in the summer months. If you own a pool or hot tub home, you can use excessive heat energy during summer. The home heating system will undoubtedly provide free heat to your pool and hot tub in the winter.

Alternatively, a dissipation loop like a buried pipe or exterior fan can be essential for dumping heat. Finally, you can use a geothermal system to remove the excess heat in the summer, which helps store it in the ground during winter.

The solar home heating system is commonly used in colder regions susceptible to freezing conditions. The solar-powered unit uses a unique solar glycol heating fluid to prevent damage caused by the frozen pipes. The special heating fluid can even work at minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit and at as high as 480 Fahrenheit.

In addition, the Northern Lights solar home heaters come with specially designed solar storage tanks. The tanks are larger and have a storage capacity of 119 gallons. As a result, they can store over 120,000 BTU (35 KW) of heat energy at any time.

Moreover, the solar home heating system can be integrated with solar radiant floor heating systems, geothermal heating systems, and solar air heaters. For more information about solar home heating systems, contact Northern Lights Solar Tubs at  +1 (800) 317-9054. Rest assured; we’ll suggest the best possible plan for heating your home with solar-powered systems.