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Saving Energy with Solar Power : Using a Solar Powered Water Heater
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So what you see here is our water heater.
And this water heater is a big one, because
we want to store as much water as possible
when we get the hot water from the sun. If
you would use only a 10 gallon or a 20 gallon
water heater, and we take a shower, then the
water will be gone. So we use a big one because
we want to store as much water as possible.
And it's double insulated, so it has not the
normal insulation, it's double insulated so
it can store the hot water for at least 2-3
days before it gets cool. What we use in here,
it's a little bit unusual because we use rain
water in here. Many of you know that the water
heater's really get problems when you have
hot water because they get clogged up by the
limestone, and they are, then you have to
call a repair man or even throw it away, because
nothing comes out there anymore. But when
you use rain water, the rain water has no
limestone in there. No lime, no hard particles.
So this water heater is here for 12 years
now, 13 years now, and it will never clog
up because rain water does not clog up a water
heater. So that's a good thing. Another good
thing is when you open it up on your faucet,
the hot water; you will not have the stains.
When you use the rain water in your washing
machine, then you only use a quarter of the
detergent that you normally use because the
detergent has not too soften your hard water.
So, you save money there. And, as you know
with a washing machine, you have the problem
that the limestone is building up in there
too, and it clogs up your washing machine,
and it gives stains in the machine and on
your clothes. So, with rain water you don't
have this problem. I only can recommend using
a rain water catching system, and it's easy
to do and it's not very expensive. Many states
even supports the use of rain water in giving
you a tax rebate on your rain water harvesting
system. Here in Texas, we don't pay sales
tax on it because when you tell your company
you buy it from, the will cut out the sales
tax, because Texas wants to have people use
rain water. We have not enough water, and
more and more people want to use water. So,
when we save water and use rain water, then
we save; help other people that they have
still their water.
