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Our DIY solar heating packages have been pre engineered for optimal performance and safety. We take the guess work out of solar heating installations by including pre configured solar heating design packages that have been proven to work. It is as easy as 1-2-3. See below for layouts of solar heating designs.

Determine the optimal location of your solar System based on southern exposure. This can be the ground, roof or wall, and usually this space will dictate the max number of collectors (each collector requires approx 8' 4" of width spacing and 6' 6" of vertical spacing). Determine the optimal mounting angle based on this chart. Adjustable solar brackets are available

**Approx Angle Calculations**
Winter Heating	Location's Latitude +30 degrees
Summer Heating	Location's Latitude -30 degrees
Annual Average Heating	Location's Latitude

choose the size of your solar heating design

Choose a pre-configured solar heating systems (SWH) based on the number of collectors for the application. Use this chart to determine approx number of collectors. Note this only a rule of thumb, households with teenage kids will use more water than a house with just adults.

Decide what solar heating design you want; a combo, indirect or preheat solar layout as seen below.

**Sizing of Solar Heating Package**
2-4 Person's	SWH-1
4-6 Person's	SWH-2
6-8 Person's	SWH-3

add a 2nd heating loop to solar heating design

Add an optional secondary heating loop such as pool heat, solar home heating or hot tub. You should also up size the solar heating kit to accommodate for the extra demand. As an example a 1200 square foot home with radiant floor heating and 4 persons should require a SWH-4 = SWH-1 + 3 (400/1200). They will then need to select SWH-4 with infloor heating option.

**Additional Heating Zones**
Pool Heating	1 collector per 100-150 sq ft of surface
Home Heating	1 collector per 300-400 sq ft
Hot Tub Heating	1 collector per 300 gallons

Types of Solar Heating Designs


Combo Solar Heating System & Electric Element	Indirect Solar Heating System with Tank-less on Demand Heater	Solar Pre Heating System with existing hot water Tank

Primary Solar Heating Packages

SWH-1

SWH-2

SWH-3

SWH-4

SWH-5

**Optional 2nd Solar Heating Loop Designs**
Pool/Hot Tub Heating	Boiler	Forced Air Furnace	In-floor Heating

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