Welcome to the Redneck Guide to Heating Systems
Heating Systems Videos
Choosing a Heating Contractor
How to Choose a Heating Contractor in Ann Arbor
Energy Efficient Heating Innovations Creating a Comfortable Home
Think Green Correspondent Tiffany Ogle and home heating expert John Barba from Taco look at methods to bring down winter heating bills.
Watch this video...Dual Tank Solar Water Heating Systems
Tom from Solar Water TV explains a classic dual tank gas backup water heating system.
Home Made Solar Power System (By http://GreenProductSolutionPr.com)
http://GreenProductSolutionpr.com. Learn Now the Secrets about How to Create your own Home Made Solar Power System for Under $200
CoolIt Systems turning down the heat
Geoff Lyons, CEO, talks about their new lines of performance cooling systems
Flint Heating and Cooling
Information about Green Heating Systems
Solar Home Energy Systems: Bob Gagnon's Adventures
Bob Gagnon is a local master plumber who has used his own home as a test bed for green and alternative energy systems for heating and cooling. From his web site -- http://www.bobgagnon.com/SolarRadiationPage.htm
IN THE YEAR 2001 I started working on my solar hot water system. I started
with a home-made box-type collector. This system had simple set point controls and provided less hot water than I had hoped. I was only able to pre-heat my domestic hot water. In Sept. 2004 I installed an array of 120 Thermomax tubes that performed extremely well.A little bit of water sealed inside the vacuum tube boils at about 100 degrees! This heat rises up to a heat transfer bulb at the top of the tube home-made box-type collectors which is inserted into a manifold that circulates anti-freeze and brings heat down to my solar storage tanks. Both of my collectors now have delta T controllers that automatically sense the tank temp. and turn on the collector pumps, when the collector temps. rise above the tank temp., collecting a lot more heat. My system has 2 tanks. The heated solar water first circulates into a 200 gal. tank that provides priority domestic hot water.
The water then flows into a 1500 gal. tank that I 120 Thermomax tubes
use for Radiant Heating and to pre-heat my domestic. This tank temp. varies between 85-140 degrees, and can store a lot of btu's. I expect my 200 gal. tank to run hotter, maybe 120-150 degrees. I have a lot of radiant in my house, floors, walls, ceilings, and I am installing more, so the lower temps. my big tank is providing, 85 and up, become usable. Solar also becomes more efficient 200 gallon tank at the lower temps., it's easier to harvest 120-140 degree water than the 150-180 temps. that are required for other heating systems, like baseboard heating. Solar and Radiant are a perfect match, and Radiant also happens be the most comfortable. This system provides me with all my domestic and some of my heating. As of this writing, it is late December and my boiler has been off since I installed the vacuum tubes. I supplement the solar hot water with some passive south-facing glass, and with a wood stove in the colder weather.
Watch this video...central heating flush
http://www.kingofpowerflushing.com provides help and advice for anyone looking for a central heating flush. Flushing and de-scaling of central heating systems and boilers is what they do almost every day of the year.

