All our vacuum solar hot water heating tubes are made to the highest standards by the manufacturer "Swithenbanks" and the solar panels are unique in the UK in that the swithenbanks.com name is etched into the selective coating, you can tell if you have a genuine Swithenbanks solar panel! Our solar panels have a variety of uses, heating hot water for domestic hot water cylinders,
commercial hot water supplies, farms, dairies, swimming pools, or even industrial processes.
SAE: 58mm vacuum tube solar panels in 20 tube and 30 tube arrays (1.8m tube length).
SAEC: 70mm vacuum tube solar panels in 10 tube and 20 tube arrays (1.7m tube length).
What is an
evacuated tube solar hot water heating panel?
How does a solar hot water heating panel work?
What about using solar hot water heating for swimming pools?
The vacuum tube technology is particularly suitable for our temperate UK climate, where they will take full advantage of winter sun. The performance of vacuum tube solar hot water heating panel far surpasses that of flat plate solar panels in cold winter weather, overcast conditions and windy
conditions. Under
warm, sunny conditions, vacuum tube solar panels will produce the same amount of heat per area as flat plates, but which type of weather do we see most in the UK?
An average household (3 people) would expect to produce most of its hot water 6 - 8 months of the year from a single 20 tube 58mm solar panel, although it will depend on water usage. Even outside this period the solar panel will produce a very worthwhile
contribution towards your hot water requirements, resulting in significant reduction of fuel usage and carbon dioxide emission. In fact, fitting a evacuated tube solar hot water panel system to your house, is probably one of the most cost effective ways you can reduce your carbon footprint, without making major lifestyle changes.
For larger households 4-5 people it may be necessary to fit the larger 30 tube solar panel to get the same percentage of hot water requirements. Even if a smaller system is fitted, every kWh produced will save 1 kWh of fossil fuels, and 0.5kg of CO2 emission. If you decide to fit an undersized system now, it is easy to increase the capacity of the system at a later stage, as the solar hot water heating panels are modular.
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