Solar Basics

1. What is Domestic Hot Water? Domestic hot water is the water that you use around the house or office for everyday applications. This can include any of the following: Showers, Baths and Personal Grooming. Cooking. Cleaning Around the House. Doing Laundry. Washing Dishes. 2. How Much Domestic Hot Water Does the Average Home Use? This is typically based on the number of people who live in your household. Over the years, it has become a standard that the average anywhere between 50-120L of hot wa...

1. How do Radiant Heating Systems Work? There are several different ways that solar hot water systems can be used to provide home heating - offsetting the amount heating oil, propane, natural gas or wood that you use. These Include: In-Floor radiant heating - a series of PEX Tubing Loops are installed under your floorboards. As hot water passes through them, they transfer their heat up, through the floor, providing space heating Baseboard Radiator Heating - this type of heating uses baseboard ra...

1. Can I use JinYi Solar Hot Water Systems to Heat my Pool or Spa? Yes. In fact, Pool Heating is considered one of the most affordable, efficient and cost-effective uses of Solar Hot Water Systems today. Heating a pool or spa can require a significant amount of propane, natural gas or electricity, and as energy prices continue to rise, it is becoming a more and more unneccesary and unaffordable expense. However, a heated pool often provides the benefit of being to swim earlier in the spring and ...

Installation Basics When choosing a solar collector, selecting the correct size is important. To find out what collector sizing you need please click here. Once you have determined what size collector suits your needs, the next question is where to install it. 1. Can I Install my Solar Hot Water Heater Myself? Generally, if you have some basic plumbing knowledge, are comfortable working on the roof, and can handle some minor tasks, it is likely that you could install your solar hot water system ...

1. Can JinYi solar collectors be used in cold conditions? Yes. JinYi collectors can be used in temperatures as low as -30℃, although performance is greatly reduced in such extreme conditions. Good heat output is still achieved in mild sub-zero conditions. 2. What happens if one of the solar tubes is broken? Firstly, tubes are very strong and not easily broken, but if the worst should happen, solar tubes can be replaced very easily. They are inexpensive and available though your local JinYi dis...

When determining what heat pipe solar collector size you need, you must consider two key factors: insolation level and energy requirements. Energy requirement will usually take into consideration the volume of water and rise in temperature required. Once you know these factors you can determine the size heat pipe solar collector collector you require. The bigger the collector you have, the more hot water, but you should make an economically sound decision. Generally it is wise to select a size w...

Using this energy calculator you may determine how much energy an JinYi solar collector will produce each day/month/year. The way you utilize this energy is up to you. You can heat water for showering and washing clothes, or central heat a building. In fact one integrated system can complete both these functions. You can also use these values to help you calculate how much energy you can save by using an JinYi solar collector. In order to calculate energy output you must input the following varia...

Currently JinYi solar collector are reducing CO 2 emissions by more than 25,000 tonnes / 55million pounds per year, with collectors installed in the UK, USA, New Zealand, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Hungary, Portugal, Jordan, Turkey, Brazil, South Africa, Lebanon, Australia, Canada, Mexico and many other locations. (One metric tonne = 2200 pounds) There has been a great deal of information in the media over the past few years about global warming and the role of CO 2 emissions. 2003 saw extr...