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In reality there are a couple of factors which make it improbable. Let s say for the sake of easy maths that you have a storage heater that uses exactly 1000w of electricity per hour. The wind doesn t always blow and the sun doesn t always shine or more accurately we can t always see it. 2 2 x20 sungrabber solar pool heater above ground swimming pools add on kit.

In principle using solar panels to charge storage heaters is an excellent idea to stay green and cut running costs. They work by drawing electricity over the course of a few hours at night and storing it as heat in a bank of clay or ceramic bricks to use the following day. For an entire night s worth of charging your storage heater will need 6000w of electricity. Doheny s solar grid pool heating solar panels.

Fafcosungrabber solar panels by fafco. Storage heaters are primarily designed for customers who are on a time of use electricity tariff such as economy 7 and pay a cheaper rate for their energy overnight usually 12pm 7am. Per 250w solar panel a daily average of 1000w is produced. If you wanted to heat a thermal storage device you would be way ahead to use solar water heaters running upward of 70 efficiency to heat water directly instead of using pv panels less than 18 efficiency to generate electricity and then wasting more efficiency trying to heat some bricks or water.

Or six 250w solar panels worth of energy. Storage heaters work by storing heat generated by cheap night time electricity and releasing this heat during the day most storage heaters are wall mounted and look a bit like radiators. Patio heater air choice space heater infrared heater 24 timing auto shut off radiant heater w remote 500 1000 1500w super quiet 3s instant warm vertical electric heater for big room backyard 159 99 159. Solarpro curve solar pool heater for above ground and in ground pools.

Storage has long been a stumbling point for renewable energy but our prototype thermal battery is able to store and as required release solar energy without reliance on sunlight at all times. Garden park above ground pool solar heater 48 x 20 80 sq ft inground. The achilles heel of most renewable energy generators like solar air heaters is reliability but also energy storage. So the main drawback of solar air heaters is that you only get heat when the sun is shining.

Charging storage heaters with solar panels also means taking a charge during the day time instead of at night which can further complicate matters if you don t have a battery bank backup in your solar installation.