I’ve just come across an excellent and interesting article that provides the historical (goes back to 1767) background to solar heating and how this can correlate to the greenhouse effect the earth is experiencing. The full story can be seen by clicking the link at the end of this short post. The first solar […]
For heating water in a household system solar energy would be captured and used to heat the water in the water cistern. The use of solar energy would be supplemented when necessary by conventional use of electricity or a by a fuel heated boiler system as shown in the sketch.The diagram above is from the […]
Unless you’ve been in another world you will have heard of the critical power shortages experienced in South Africa which resulted in mines closing down which in turn drove up the Platinum price by 30%. The Government is now driving alternative water heating systems using solar power … a resource which is plentiful in our […]
I live in South Africa and we are facing a serious shortage of electricity supply. This is resulting in what are euphemistically called load shedding periods all over the country on a seemingly random basis. Load shedding is a sudden loss of power supply as far as consumers are concerned.Yesterday a number of gold mines […]
