Solar Information

Water heating and space heating accounts for more than 60% of the average households utility bill.  Installing a solar water heating system can offset 60-80% of your annual water heating energy costs and reduce your carbon footprint.

How Does It Work?

The Apricus evacuated tube solar collector utilizes energy from the sun to provide hot water and space heating for homes and businesses.

Solar Collector Parts

1. Collector manifold
2. Glass wool insulation
3. Copper header pipe (liquid flow)
4. Stainless steel mounting frame
5. Evacuated tube (solar absorber)
6. Heat transfer fin and heat pipe

Collector Operation

Step 1: Sunlight is absorbed inside the evacuated tube causing it to heat up.

Step 2: The heat pipe inside the tube carries this thermal energy up to the manifold box.

Step 3: Fluid circulates from the storage tank up through to the header pipe and extracts the energy from the hot heat pipe tips.

Step 4: The newly heated fluid circulates back to the storage tank where it can be used and the cycle begins again.

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