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Solar Panels

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  • 18-05-2006 1:36pm
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    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,219 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Has any one added solar panels to theiraparments to heat the hot water to save on electricity?

    Just got a phone call froma contractor looking to do this (he was more worried about planning compliance) but had never really heard of it before.

    Are the practical to use? Expesive?


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    Reyman
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    There's been a couple of threads on solar panels in the last few weeks. Have a quick search.

    Planning permission is definitely an issue. The planners obviously don't want these things sprouting up all over the place with no control.

    I also don't think it's that easy to add a panel water heating system to an existing house / apartment -- the plumbing is tricky. It's much easier to do it at the house build stage


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,467 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Reyman wrote:
    There's been a couple of threads on solar panels in the last few weeks. Have a quick search.
    The search facility is currently disabled :(


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