Air and Water Residential Blog - Category: Solar Hot Water

Rinnai Frost Proof Solar Panels Installation

This is a Rinnai solar hot water system we installed yesterday in Bullsbrook. We replaced the existing Solahart unit with its glycol filled panels with Rinnai’s FTC panels which are suitable for Perth’s frost prone areas.  (Read our blog about…

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Solar Hot Water on Brackets

This week we installed a Rinnai close coupled solar hot water system with a 330 litre tank and two Excelsior panels on side pitch brackets for a tenanted property. It’s not something we do often because ideally you will have…

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Frost proof solar hot water systems

If you live in an area that hits temperatures approaching zero degrees you need the right solar hot water system. To show you how frost can affect your system, let me first explain how it works. Standard solar hot water…

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Rheem to Close Solahart Plant in Welshpool WA

Solar hot water manufacturer Rheem has announced that it will be closing their Solahart solar hot water manufacturing plant in Welshpool, Western Australia at the end of 2015 with the loss of around 100 jobs. Manufacturing will be transferred to New…

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Solar Rewards

With a change in Government, the legislation to repeal the carbon tax has been introduced into the Australian Parliament. (1) The Direct Action Plan (2) is part of the Coalition’s attempt to achieve a renewable energy target of 5% emissions…

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