Solar....so cool it's hot or is it so hot it's cool?

Our latest home improvement project involved going solar. Not totally solar as in 'off the grid' but a little solar. We decided to do solar hot water. Had Dan at G2 Power Technologies put in a couple solar panels on the side of the house and route it to a hot water tank. That tank will heat up from the glycol lines running through the panels.

The new hot water tank will then feed our existing tank, thus the existing gas heated tank won't have to fire up as much since the incoming water is hot! All in all it is pretty cool, and with our tax credit and hopefully a good break on our gas bills from not heating the water...it should pay off..well, someday. Just doing our part to lessen our carbon footprint I suppose.

Here are our panels: