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Solar Water Heater
If you don’t have enough money to power the entire home with solar, you will most likely choose to just power the water heater. Why? The water heater uses up an awful lot of energy.
A couple of panels can usually take care of about 80% of the hot water heater needs.
Most of us spend about $400.00 per year on heating our water. A solar hot water heater with electricity backup will cost around $175.00 per year for electricity.
You can expect to pay about three thousand dollars more for a solar hot water heater system. A savings of $200 per year will take 15 years for a payback. However, much of the time you can get a large enough rebate to almost totally offset the added cost. In this case, it makes the solar water heater a bargain.
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