StaroftheSea
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Hi All,
Our BER assessor has put us down for Kingspan Thermomax solar tube panels for our new build. They are reportedly the best of their kind on the market and can produce up to 55% of our hot water needs spread over the whole year. Apparently they need servicing about every 2 years at a cost of about €300.
They have a negligible running cost of about €120 Euro per year I'm told.
Cost of installation about €5000
All sounds good enough.
But then there is this other type of panel....
It works like a fridge in reverse and is called a thermodynamic panel.
It's basically like a heat pump.
It costs about €5000 to install.
No service costs.
Warrenty for 10 years.
Running costs I'm told are about 60c to heat a 300 litre tank.
It will produce 100% of our domestic hot water requirements all year round.
My question is why would anyone go for the Kingspan solar tubes at all?
Is there something I'm missing or is the thermodynamic panel as good as it appears?
Many thanks.
Our BER assessor has put us down for Kingspan Thermomax solar tube panels for our new build. They are reportedly the best of their kind on the market and can produce up to 55% of our hot water needs spread over the whole year. Apparently they need servicing about every 2 years at a cost of about €300.
They have a negligible running cost of about €120 Euro per year I'm told.
Cost of installation about €5000
All sounds good enough.
But then there is this other type of panel....
It works like a fridge in reverse and is called a thermodynamic panel.
It's basically like a heat pump.
It costs about €5000 to install.
No service costs.
Warrenty for 10 years.
Running costs I'm told are about 60c to heat a 300 litre tank.
It will produce 100% of our domestic hot water requirements all year round.
My question is why would anyone go for the Kingspan solar tubes at all?
Is there something I'm missing or is the thermodynamic panel as good as it appears?
Many thanks.