Using Free Energy from the Sun to heat water is the best use of solar energy. Today, millions of homes and businesses around the globe use solar water heating systems because they are cost effective.

Solar Water Heating is the First Thing To Do when going solar! Solar water heaters are the most cost effective way to reduce carbon emissions and reduce dependence on imported energy.

Harnessing the sun’s energy to heat water makes sense, after all, it is one of the oldest uses of solar energy! Family’s water heaters consume more than 50 trillion kilowatt-hours of energy every year and creates millions of tons of pollution.

Did you know the Pure energy of the Sun produces enough power in less than one hour to meet our World’s Energy needs for a Year!

Shrink your Power Bill with the Pure Energy of the Sun! A powerful, attractive “Hi Temp” ZERO pollution water heater puts the sun’s energy to work in your home.  It will work hard for decades to shrink your high energy bills and cut environmental pollution for decades to come.

Chairperson of the Energy Intensive User Group, Ian Lanridge, says Eskom should urgently review how it plans to fund an expansion project aimed at avoiding repeats of blackouts that shut down mines in 2008.

Lanridge says that Eskom should consider selling an existing power plant to close a funding shortfall. Members of his group, including units of BHP Billiton and Anglo American, has reduced output in 2008 after Eskom limited electricity supplies.

Eskom is proposing to increase tariffs by 35% a year for three years to improve its ability to borrow funds for expansion. However, even if that is approved, Eskom still faces a shortfall of about R30 billion in its R385 billion five-year expansion.

Yesterday, Business Unity South Africa CEO Jerry Vilakazi warned that Eskom’s proposed 35% tariff hikes could cost SA 200 000 jobs and delay the economy’s recovery from recession. A 35% hike!

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http://www.hitemp.co.za was established in 1999 as a Pool Solar Heating manufacturing company servicing the Western Cape and surrounds swimming pool industry and now a leading supplier and installer of heating for swimming pool and spas of all types as well as domestic solar heating conversions.

The company is now a major manufacturer with dedicated sales distributors throughout South Africa swimming pool markets offering an enviable reputation of reliability and quality products.

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Dear Homeowners

Got your first bill with the electricity rate hike?

Don’t allow it to effect you. Let the sun come to your rescue.

Convert your electric geyser into a Solar Water Heating system for only Rand save.

Call us on (0860) 448367 or reply to this e-mail with your contact details.

The team
HI TEMP SOLAR HEATING - South Africa’s Leading Solar Heating Company
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* Price is for converting a 150L or a 200L high pressure geyser. Offer valid for one month to Cape Town exclusively. Price depends on suitable roof space.

Swim in your pool year round with a swimming pool heater! Why only use your pool in the summer when you can use it in the autumn, winter, and spring.

We carry a complete line of Pool IN-LINE Heaters and Heatpumps from most manufactures such as: Hi Temp, Titanium. Also if you are looking to heat your pool at a lower cost, Solar Heating and Panels would be a great option.  We carry complete sets for all size swimming pools, add-on panels for your existing set-up, and even the system DIY kits if you are in need of extra parts.

From heating up your pool to heating up your geyser water, HI TEMP carries every heater you could possibly need. 

Not sure what to get? Not sure which heater will work best with your pool?  Contact one of our technicians that are on hand to help answer some of your most difficult questions.

or visit www.hitemp.co.za and remember SOLAR HEAT is FREE Heat!

Solar pool heating is remarkably adaptable. Its low operating temperatures and summer use free it somewhat from the stringent requirements of collector orientation and tilt. The relatively high summer sun—from October through April—is readily available, and a fairly low efficiency of solar collection is enough to provide all the heat a pool needs. (Of course, if you have other uses in mind for the collectors, such as heating a hot tub, household water, or even the house air itself, you need just as rigorous a design and as efficient a system as for any other kind of solar heating.)

As a result of this design flexibility, there are successful solar pool-heating systems in which the collectors crop up in all kinds of unusual situations: fences, pool- house roofs, banks and hillsides, and garage roofs. Some even face directions other than directly north. (Beware, however, of sloppy design: just because there’s room for more variation in solar pool heating design doesn’t mean that the designer can afford to ignore the basic tenets of solar design in general.)

In addition to its suitability for retrofitting, solar pool heating has the advantage of economy: homeowners turn to it because it conserves resources or, as in one case in which the house and pool crown an open hilltop, because the sun is plentiful. Most often, homeowners turn to it because gas or electric pool heaters cost so much to run that they threaten to become unaffordable (or even outlawed in some states). A solar pool heating system, on the other hand, grows cheaper as it pays for itself.

HDPE panels on flat pool house roof are mounted on freestanding framework to get necessary angle and orientation for solar exposure. Pool is solar-heated from October to March, then a heatpump auxiliary comes on. System can be controlled thermostatically or manually.

Solar panels were installed on garage roof 1 year after pool was built, to coincide with roof remodel. Forward-looking homeowner/installers put in pipes for solar heating when they added pool, so as to conceal piping, make later solar installation easier. Five collectors provide heat from September to April, then heatpump heater supplements system through the colder periods. One more panel may be necessary to prolong swimming period and overcome shading problems caused by nearby pine trees.

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For most people Christmas is the busiest time of year. I know it is for me. And finding unique, high quality, and original ideas for Christmas gifts and Christmas decorations can be very difficult as well as very time consuming.

This blog is designed to make your life a little easier by providing you with a resource to help you with all your Christmas planning, shopping and decorating.

Below are some local South African sites that offer wonderful products as the "perfect" Christmas gift.

All sorts of gifts http://www.makro.co.za

Gifts for kids http://www.toysrus.co.za

Massage Health Products http://www.hometech.co.za for massage chairs and crazy fir exercisers

Detox Health & fitness http://www.saunazone.co.za

All sorts http://www.directimports.co.za

Outdoor fun http://www.hitemp.co.za

Have a wonderful Christmas!

South Africa, through public energy company CEF, has launched a six-month pilot project to introduce solar water heating in middle- to upper-income homes as the country seeks to exploit one of its most abundant resources - sunshine.

The project, launched on 15 March, aims to create awareness and remove market barriers to solar technology in South Africa. Despite benefiting from solar radiation levels that are among the highest in the world, the country has yet to embrace solar technologies.

The project is offering incentives to install SABS-approved solar water heating systems to 500 households in the Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape provinces.

Approved service providers will supply and install 200-litre and 300-litre solar heating geysers in about 167 homes in each province. Residents can apply for the geysers through any of four approved manufacturers - Hi Temp Solar, Solardome SA, Solahart Southern Africa, Atlantic Solar and Solar Heat Exchangers - and the earlier a household signs on, the better their incentive will be.

"At this stage, the cost of a geyser ranges between R10 000 and R20 000, and the incentive is R5 000 for the first month or the first 200 systems, R4 000 for the second month or the next 200 systems and R3 000 for the next month or the last 100 systems," said Nadia Moosa, project manager at the Energy Development Corporation, a division of CEF.

Moosa said the newly installed systems would be monitored and measured for effectiveness. CEF has established national standards for solar heating products and their installation and set up a testing laboratory to protect consumers from shoddy systems and unscrupulous operators.

"The intention is to inspire confidence in an energy source that is fast becoming the first choice in a world striving to support clean fuels."

CEF has partnered on the project with the Department of Minerals and Energy, the Department of Science and Technology, the United Nations Development Programme and the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS).

CEF is involved in the search for solutions to meet the future energy needs of South Africa, the Southern African Development Community and the sub-Saharan African region, including oil, gas, electrical power, solar energy, low-smoke fuels, biomass, wind and renewable energy sources.

It also manages the operation and development of the oil and gas assets and operations of the South African government.

SouthAfrica.info reporter

A solar heating system is used for heating purposes by using solar energy instead of conventional energy sources like fossil fuels (coal, oil, and gas) or electricity. In simple terms, a solar heating system focuses solar heat on a fluid (air or water) held in its collectors. According to the mechanism of driving the fluid through the system, there are two main types of solar heating systems: active systems and passive systems. Active solar heating systems use a pumping mechanism to drive the fluid through the collector while passive systems make use of natural convection in fluids to get them moving through the collectors. Active solar heating systems are more practical to install at home and are thus recommended for household heating purposes. In addition, they are more cost effective than passive systems.

Selecting a Solar Heating System

A number of factors need to be considered while selecting a solar heating system for home use. Some of these include the location of the house, its design, and the heating needs. In addition, the local climate and the type of system collectors determine the production of heat by the system. In general, the customer should select a system that can meet over 50% of the household heating needs. It is both not practical and not cost-effective to purchase a system that would meet all the heating needs. The best strategy is to keep a back-up heating system (fuel or electricity) for use in case the solar heating system fails to serve the purpose or goes out of order.

Cost of an Active Solar Heating System 

The cost of an active solar system for heating houses varies, depending on several factors. Usually, the present cost of an active solar heating system ranges from R300 to R900 for each square meter of the collector area. This is particularly helpful in cutting low the heating costs in winter. Above all, solar heating systems do not pollute the environment with noxious emissions like those produced by fossil fuels.

Installation and Maintenance

Ideally, a solar heating system should be designed and installed by an experienced contractor. The maintenance measures for the system depend on its type, usually averaging between 8 to 16 hours of maintenance each year. In the majority of case, the home insurance policy covers the maintenance costs of solar water heating systems.

This is the coolest DIY project I have seen in a long time, and definitely an interesting project if you want to live off the grid. Fifteen columns of soda cans are used to harvest the suns rays and provide some pretty good water heating performance.

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