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Tapping the Sun: A Guide to Solar Water Heating
 
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Tapping the Sun: A Guide to Solar Water Heating (Paperback)

by Chris Laughton (Author)
1.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 16 pages
  • Publisher: Centre for Alternative Technology Publications; 4th Revised edition edition (1 Jun 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1902175204
  • ISBN-13: 978-1902175201
  • Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 410,520 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Professional Heating and Plumbing Installer magazine
Product of the year - highly recommended.

Book Description
A complete step-by-step guide, Tapping the Sun covers all the elements of adapting a conventional domestic water heating system - from likely costs and equipment to basic mechanical principles and legal issues, it cuts right through the technical jargon and shows just how the changes can be made.
With energy savings of 1000 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year (translating to roughly £100), solar water heating is one of the best ways a household can help reduce global warming and preserve fossil fuel resources. And so many households can do it - there are currently over 42,000 solar water heating systems fitted in the UK. Make your installation the next!

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Hot Topic - but this book isn't, 21 Jun 2008
I imagine I'm like a lot of other people attracted to green technology and saving a bit of money, this book was recommended as a good primer.

It's not very helpful at whichever level you want advice. There is rather a lot of stating the obvious. The science and engineering in it is pretty poor, and the explanations are muddled. Calculating the payback period is important when deciding how much to invest, but this is poorly covered. There is little practical advice on system vendors, or if it's DIY, getting hold of parts, assembling a system and the "gotchas" to look out for.
After reading it I was not confident that I could scope a system for my house, or know the best place to buy, or get the bits to build one. And I'm an engineer by profession. As a guidebook it falls rather short of the mark. Perhaps a subsequent edition could be more rigorously reviewed and edited?
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2.0 out of 5 stars Very expensive for the information, 13 May 2009
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I was slightly gobsmacked to see how little information was included in this for the price. Particularly as several of the limited pages were used to list phone numbers and addresses such as the carbon trust. The information is competently presented, but in reality it is incredible expensive for what you get.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Simplistic, 1 May 2009
By Malcolm King (Hertford, UK) - See all my reviews
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This book (if you can call it that) is no more than a brief introduction to the topic. I learned nothing new.
In effect it is just a little leaflet in spiral bound form. In my opinion it is a rip-off and a complete waste of money.
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