subject:"\[RE\-wrenches\] Oversizing Solar Hot Water Storage\?"

Re: [RE-wrenches] Oversizing Solar Hot Water Storage?

2009-01-31 Thread August Goers

: Saturday, January 31, 2009 5:19:24 AM Subject: Re: [RE-wrenches] Oversizing Solar Hot Water Storage? August, Your assumption about oversizing the storage is correct, too much storage and the desired usage temperature will not be reached. Along with upsizing the storage you must change the

Re: [RE-wrenches] Oversizing Solar Hot Water Storage?

2009-01-31 Thread Carl Adams

August, Your assumption about oversizing the storage is correct, too much storage and the desired usage temperature will not be reached. Along with upsizing the storage you must change the design and control mechanism to allow priority loading of multiple storage tanks. Load tank 1 till your desi

[RE-wrenches] Oversizing Solar Hot Water Storage?

2009-01-30 Thread August Goers

Hi Solar Hot Water Wrenches - Does anyone have experience or references to the results of over sizing solar hot water storage tanks? We've been approached on several instances to add additional storage (beyond the normal 1 to 2 gallons/ft^2 of collector size) to help bump up the solar fraction.