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Originally Posted by stevehull
Your location is FAR better for winter solar. My suggestion, to your otherwise excellent ideas, is to add lots more solar water panels for heat collection. Secondly, increase the size (volume) of the storage tank.
Steve
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Steve, he has 1000gal tank and at proper ratios, that would mean 200ft2 of panels on the skimpy side and 400ft2 maxed out for that tank. It is plastic so I would not want it to get too hot. Given that he has a boiler for backup, I would stick with what he has and see how it goes for a while.