Solar Electricity vs Solar Water

Solar Hot Water:

• Solar hotwater systems heat your water only
• Once the sun has heated your hot water it cannot produce any more usable energy
• Solar hot water does not reduce any other electricity costs
• Excess hot water goes unused

Solar Electricity:

• Produces energy for the whole house/building which includes heating your hot water in the conventional method and also supply electricity to other appliances
• What you don’t use goes back into the grid to earn you credits on your power bill
• Outside sunlight hours you use power from the grid again – a special meter registers how much you Import versus how much you’ll Export