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Has anyone built and outdoor thermal type water heater?

Feb 4, 2012 7:20 AM

So I live out away from gas and live off of a propane tank. Our biggest consumer is the water heater.. I have been looking into tankless and being in AZ we get 360 days of sun a year. A lot of folks do solar panels here and solar water heaters etc etc.

Anyone have experience in this?

gilfilent gilfilent

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Solar water heating doesn't do away with the water heater, but it certainly lessens the need for it to fire up.

I have no experience with it myself, but a quick search yielded this:
http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/WaterHeating/water_heating.htm

Reusing your existing water heater for a storage tank (from the solar heater) and adding a tankless for the boost (when necessary) would probably be your most energy efficient route.

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