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To: microhoogle! who wrote (130662)	3/7/2001 1:00:01 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) of 769667

Dear Murali, I installed a solar system on my first house in 1976 or 77, It provided 30 to 100% of my hot water needs depending on the season. It may have saved 10 dollars a month. I also converted form oil to gas heat and installed a high efficiency hydropulse furnace. It reduced my heating bill by 70%. If I had used this furnace with a tankless hot water heater my solar system would have only saved about 3 dollars a month. My system cost me nothing as at the time there were income tax credits and I got a 1500.00 grant from the state of Rhode Island. I got my system at dealer cost as I was friends with a guy who wanted to get into the business and needed to buy several systems to get a license. Several of my Engineer friends also bought the system's and none are now operational. My son just bought a home in a development that had solar water heaters installed when they were built. When the complex switched from electric to gas hot water heating all the systems were disconnected. watman.com The economics of solar assisted hot water heating are bad to worst. That's just the fact. The payback period always assumes no costs for system failures. 15 to 20 years with no system failure. tom watson tosiwmee

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