Types of solar HWS: Continuous flow gas-boosted systems
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Solar hot water heaters can reduce your household carbon emissions by more than 20%, besides cutting your energy bills drastically. Choosing a style of solar hot water heater can be quite tricky, and it's a great idea to get a solar professional to work through your options. However, here's an explanation about continuous flow gas-boosted systems.
Continuous flow (tankless) gas water heaters (sometimes known as instant hot water) can be designed to handle high and variable input temperatures. If they are, then you can connect it to a solar preheater. The preheater is a storage tank with solar collectors connected that feeds water heated by the sun into the continuous flow gas boosted hot water system. The gas boosters are only activated when the solar heated water fed into it is a lower temperature than the thermostat is set to.
The great thing about these is that you can invest in a new instant gas hot water system and add solar collectors later or as your budget allows.
If this type doesn't sound right for you, check out the other types of solar hot water systems.
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