How does it Work?

Put simply the solar thermal systems absorb the suns energy turning it into hot water for homes.

However it is slightly more complex.

In a standard system, as shown above, the solar collectors that are mounted onto the roofs of house or in arrays absorb solar energy from the sun, they work best when they are tilted at angles of approximately 30°. The collectors have specialized solar fluid (Propylene Glycol) in them, located inside risers, which heats up from the absorbed solar energy, when this fluid reaches its optimum temperature it is pumped from the risers within the collector into the twin coil solar cylinder, or water tank, where in conjunction with a household boiler it heats the water for general house hold use. The solar fluid is then pumped back up to the collector to reheat. The whole system is automatically run by a controller. In summer weather the boiler does not need to be active as the solar collector can absorb enough daylight to heat the water by itself. The solar collector does not require sunlight, just daylight.