Forum: Solar Heating
12-23-11, 03:31 PM
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SO a year ago I went to apply for a building...
SO a year ago I went to apply for a building permit for a solar hotwater setup. It would have been approved except all components including the collectors need CSA or equivalent approval. This is...
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Forum: Solar Heating
10-18-11, 08:44 PM
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I think I've made some decisions today.
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I think I've made some decisions today.
First off was panel placement. I used a piece of polyiso the size of 1 pane of glass that I have. It's 76"x34" or 18 sqft. My original plan was to...
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Forum: Solar Heating
10-09-11, 02:44 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
10-08-11, 02:55 AM
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I ran into a problem today.
I was digging...
I ran into a problem today.
I was digging the hole for the tank in the back yard. it needed to be roughly 5'x4'x4'. I got down to 3'6" in one area and hit a sewer pipe that I knew was in the...
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Forum: Solar Heating
09-23-11, 10:24 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
07-16-11, 04:49 PM
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Doing a bit or research a 20 tube system...
Doing a bit or research a 20 tube system typically has 20 sqft of actual tube coverage collecting energy. my system will have closer to 72 sqft. evacuated tube isn't anywhere near 4 times as...
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Forum: Solar Heating
07-15-11, 10:43 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
06-29-11, 11:34 PM
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Forum: Solar Heating
06-19-11, 07:20 PM
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Replies: 67
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I was doing a little research and I'm thinking...
I was doing a little research and I'm thinking about going with a conventional 60 gallon water heater rather then one of those lifetime plastic heaters I had originally planned on. I can get a 60 6...
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Forum: Solar Heating
06-07-11, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 67
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I haven't worked on it for a few months. Going...
I haven't worked on it for a few months. Going legal has basically hit a brick wall so a stealth install is now required.
First thing to get that working is to replace the falling over 4' fence...
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-22-11, 08:13 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-20-11, 10:48 AM
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yep you're entirely correct. At this point...
yep you're entirely correct. At this point I'm over the HX issue. Someone is going to be able to find 1 example of how someone could be hurt from it and have the single wall banned.
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-17-11, 05:13 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-17-11, 03:40 PM
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at...
at http://www.cansia.ca/sites/default/files/Standards%20Applicable%20to%20SDHWS%20Components_0.pdf
they state that collectors must meet CSA F378-87 (with the exception of Clause 4 and Clause 6.1) ...
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-17-11, 01:04 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-03-11, 10:21 AM
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I've heard that this approach has been taken...
I've heard that this approach has been taken before And I may go with it as well. We'll see. The cheapest I can find so far is $400 and it's on the wrong corner of the continent so shipping will...
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-03-11, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 67
Views: 43,504
There is a way to do it hassle free. Call a...
There is a way to do it hassle free. Call a local certified installed and give him a check for roughly $10,000. A few weeks to a month later you have a working system. at my current usage 25 years...
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-02-11, 06:53 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-02-11, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 67
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Pricing has returned. The GEA dw4-6 would be...
Pricing has returned. The GEA dw4-6 would be $600-$700 and I would have to wait at least 3-4 months so the duda diesel model it is.
No word on availability on the marathon cmts85345 and it...
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-02-11, 02:09 PM
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Replies: 67
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Forum: Solar Heating
02-02-11, 11:34 AM
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Replies: 67
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OK here are my final 2 drawings. The only...
OK here are my final 2 drawings. The only difference between them is how to connect to the hotwater tank. In the first the tank has 2 ports specifically for this purpose so hook up is trivial. In...
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Forum: Solar Heating
01-31-11, 05:18 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 43,504
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Forum: Solar Heating
01-28-11, 12:44 AM
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Replies: 67
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It has to be a reduced pressure backflow...
It has to be a reduced pressure backflow preventer so something like the watts 009.
I did a nice big write up yesterday but for some reason it didn't save. So here's the cliff's notes version...
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Forum: Solar Heating
01-26-11, 07:00 PM
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Replies: 67
Views: 43,504
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Forum: Solar Heating
01-20-11, 11:01 PM
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Replies: 67
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this is a direct repost of the message on...
this is a direct repost of the message on simplysolar in case anyone else is reading that --
My last update was that the inspector was going to look into the actual code that he had originally...
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