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.