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Forum: Solar Heating 08-06-20, 11:43 AM
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Posted By randen
Solar Space heating in Canada

Its late Sumer here and the solar hot water system is near one decade old. It has performed flawlessly all this time. Er well some maintenance items. New motorized ball valves as the old Honeywells...
Forum: Solar Heating 11-18-16, 05:01 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Solar Space Heating in Canada

Well November has been beautiful weather here but that's about to change. On my maintainence to-do list is some insulation on the copper pipe had blown off sometime during the summer. It was the...
Forum: Solar Heating 10-10-16, 10:45 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Eco-Renovators It is the 10th of Oct....

Eco-Renovators

It is the 10th of Oct. (Thanksgiving in Canada) and this morning we arose to frost on the ground so an O/S temp of near 0 Deg.C. The indoor temp was 19 Deg.C. Starting to feel fresh...
Forum: Solar Heating 01-16-16, 05:04 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Pletby & SDMCF I happen to flip over to...

Pletby & SDMCF

I happen to flip over to wikipedia and found this:

In the absence of leaks, antifreeze chemicals such as ethylene glycol or propylene glycol may retain their basic properties...
Forum: Solar Heating 01-15-16, 10:51 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Pletby Yes I understand the Propylene Glycol...

Pletby

Yes I understand the Propylene Glycol has a life expectancy. I had the understanding its about 6 yrs. and it turns a brown color and smells burnt. I do check it from time to time by taking...
Forum: Solar Heating 01-11-16, 03:58 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Daox Its been a number of years and you had...

Daox

Its been a number of years and you had tabled a question (04/26/2012) the home has about 1800 sq ft on the first floor and about 3600 total Plus a heated garage of about 600 sq ft but we...
Forum: Solar Heating 01-10-16, 11:53 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Maintaining solar space heating in Canada

Happy new year.

It is now 6 yrs since we had installed the solar hot water system. It has performed well for all those years. We had the odd hiccup but nothing bad. A hose-clamp needed tightening,...
Forum: Solar Heating 04-26-12, 01:40 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Solar space heating in Canada

The installation of the solar collectors started with two purchased panels. (Solcan Canada)(Very Helpfull) They were installed vertically on the exterior wall between the patio doors. After reading...
Forum: Solar Heating 04-25-12, 11:05 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 19,698
Posted By randen
Solar space heating in Canada

I had recieved some requests from some fellow eco-renovators for some more details of our solar install with some pictures. If it may help any others who are thinking of solar space heating we have...
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