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Old 10-12-14, 01:40 PM   #11
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slegg lumber used to sell a evacuated tube system for water heating. I heard it was pretty cheap (both in price and quality)
I looked at that perhaps two years back. Haven't seen it since.

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Old 10-12-14, 02:16 PM   #12
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Old 10-12-14, 08:12 PM   #13
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BC is really behind the times when it comes to solar thermal. Worst in the country AFAIK.
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I looked at that perhaps two years back. Haven't seen it since.
That is the problem with most of the people selling the chinese tube systems. They buy a bunch from a "distributor" but most of those people go belly up and ...wham....no more parts or service.
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Old 01-15-15, 07:57 PM   #15
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BTW building your own collectors is against code here so make sure your neighbours won't turn you in to bylaws
Seriously? That's just silly. I've already built mine so I hope it's not the same here.


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