• BB84@mander.xyz
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    22 days ago

    just put the water under the sun? why would anyone use solar panels to heat water. you’re losing like 90% the sun’s energy in trying to capture it as electricity.

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      22 days ago

      There are non-photoeoectric solar panels. Solar panels that have the only purpose of heating water are very common. They are basically a long winding black tube with water inside. Big surface area + black = lots of heating.

      That being said, I don’t know if these are photoelectric or just water heating panels.

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        22 days ago

        You have a giant very well insulated water tank for storage. I had this in a home I lived in and it works surprisingly better than you think it would.

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      22 days ago

      That’s exactly what these solar panels were. They didn’t produce electricity at all. They simply used the solar energy to heat liquid being ran through pipes.