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Canada is one of the sunniest places in the United States, and we are fortunate enough to live there. So, why don't you use the free natural energy from the sun to heat our swimming pools? This is where solar pool heaters come in handy. The solar-powered pool heating systems have only some moving parts and use little energy. They make the systems the most efficient, low-maintenance, renewable pool heating alternative available on the market.                                  How Do Solar Pool Heaters Work?  First, the pool's cold water gets pumped up to the roof, where solar thermal energy heats the water. After that, the hot water returns to the pool at the warmer temperature. The quantity of heat absorbed and the subsequent increase in pool temperature depends on the system's design, the collector's size, and the type o...

Evacuated tube collectors or solar thermal flat plate? This is a very common question in the solar thermal industry. Eccentrically enough, several people weigh-in, and take different sides. As a Red Sox vs Yankees kind of rivalry, it is an intense debate. In the end, it relies on the job you are working on – the roof, the climate, your budget, and the kind of systems you are using all need to be considered to make the solar evacuated tubes vs. flat plate decision.  There’re many design strictures to take into consideration while looking into solar thermal flat plates or evacuated tubes. Cost: Flat plate collectors are likely to be cheaper in comparison to evacuated tubes because they’re a simpler design & easier to make. On the contrary, s olar evacuated tubes are likely to be 10 to 15 percent more expensive than their flat plate counterparts, but their processing charges are dropping.  Installation: Because of their heavy nature, flat plate collectors consume m...

The solar collector acts as an engine of any solar water heater. A solar vacuum tube is the most efficient solar power production system; but was more costly than flat panel system. With the immense popularity of solar energy and modern manufacturing techniques, the solar vacuum tubes cost less while ensuring the greatest return on the investment.   Working principle of SunRain solar vacuum tube collector  The working principle of solar vacuum tube is simple. It works same like a coffee thermos. A solar tube comprises of two layers of glass with vacuum in between the layers. The outermost layer of the solar tube is actually the Borosilicate glass that has very iron content and allows around 98% energy to pass through. In fact the innermost layer has very special coatings applied to it. The SunRain solar vacuum tube collector available at Northern Lights uses a patented three layer process that ensures a coating to absorb enough solar energy while with...

Evacuated Solar vacuum tubes are the essential parts for every solar collector, used for the functional absorption and conversion of sunlight into utilizable energy. Mostly the evacuated Solar vacuum tube is consists of two glass tubes merged at both ends. The gap between them consists of a solar absorbing coating over the inner tube. The evacuated layer provides an exceptional insulation that facilitates in preserve over 92% of the solar energy. To mention few design features of solar vacuum tube responsible for an effective solar water heater as follows.   Best quality glass material each one of the evacuated solar vacuum tubes is prepared with tough and transparent Borosilicate glass, The thickened glass partition offer excellent durability and strength to resist breakage, as well as cost-effective. Vacuum Insulation support The insulation layer space between the thin glass tubes, drive out the air to form a vacuum that provides an excellent insul...

The solar evacuated tube collectors are designed with individual round tubes to capture and convert the maximum amount of sun rays into heat energy for the solar heating system.  They are also perfect for a variety of applications such as solar hot water heating, solar space heating or solar pool heating in ice-cold climates. The solar evacuated tubes function in a closed loop, open loop, and drain back solar systems, efficiently even at a temperature as low as -40 degrees C when flat plate collectors may fail to perform. Additionally, there is little chance for weight or roof structural issues with the solar vacuum tubes as they are not required to be filled with large quantities of water. Even if some of the solar evacuated tubes break, the solar system won’t shut down fully. Rather the undamaged collectors will continue to operate until the damaged ones get replaced. However, the performance and efficiency of the solar evacuated tube system differ with a number ...