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Most family homes spend around a third of their energy budget on heating water for daily uses. Heating water for showers, baths, cleaning clothes and a host of other things is done by electricity or gas supplied by utility companies. However the resources that are used to create this electricity or gas are not renewable and are proving increasingly harder to find as more is used up. This puts the pinch on the average household consumer that is finding utility bills steadily going up at above inflation figures. This will only continue as fossil fuels get harder to find and extract. Thus consumers, governments and even the companies that supply electricity are looking for alternatives that are less harmful to the environment and are a renewable resource. Solar power is a good way to heat water and has been successful for close to 100 years now. This article will discuss cover how you can save money on your household energy bills by installing a solar power water boiler. Solar power water heating is possibly the simplest application of solar energy that we have today. It is simply a matter of harnessing the thermal rays of the sun and applying it to water. There are two common ways of doing this. They are known as the flat plate collector and batch collector systems. Flat plate collectors are simply a series of pipes that are placed in a part of the home where there is direct sunlight (generally a south facing roof). Water is passed through the pipes and is heated by the sun in the process. The pipes are designed to take maximum advantage of the thermal heat. A batch collector system is a water tank that has been modified to get the most out of the sun's energy. This includes black surfaces that absorb the thermal energy. The tank is located in a place that will get lots of direct sunlight and is close to the house. The roof is a popular location. The water supplied by either of these systems can then be used in the regular plumbing system of the house where it can be used for everyday usage such as showers, washing up the dishes and cooking. Even though the home will still be connected to the electricity or gas that normally heats the water, the solar heated water will require a lot less energy to heat it than ordinary cooler water. This will help to save on energy bills. Purchasing and installing each system will cost a bit of money but the maintenance cost is low and the system will last anywhere from 10 to 25 years. Depending on how much hot water you use and how efficient your home is in terms of storing hot water, you could pay off the purchase and installation costs within 5 to 7 years. After that you would be saving money. You would also be doing your bit in decreasing the amount of greenhouse gases pushed into the atmosphere.
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