| In some areas of the US it is possible to heat | | | | power it will use. Powerstar electric water heaters |
| water in a solar heater. These units are usually | | | | are energy efficient and will produce a continuous |
| located on the roof of your home. For a solar | | | | supply of hot water regardless of weather |
| heater to be practical, the climate must be | | | | conditions. |
| relatively warm and have good sun exposure. | | | | Solar heaters save a lot of energy, since heating |
| Even under these conditions, solar heaters may | | | | water is one of the least efficient uses of energy. |
| not provide enough hot water, or hot enough | | | | The drawback is that if the weather is not sunny |
| water, for the average American household. Most | | | | for a day or two, or if the outside temperature is |
| households that use solar water heaters need to | | | | too cool, you may not have sufficient hot H2O |
| supplement their hot water source. | | | | for your needs. Powerstar electric water heaters |
| Powerstar electric water heaters can be an | | | | can produce hot water only as you need it to |
| excellent supplement to a solar heaters. Solar | | | | supplement you solar water heater. Even if you |
| heaters use storage tanks where the water is | | | | live in a very sunny, warm climate, you may not |
| heated. Powerstar water heaters are a tankless | | | | be able to produce enough hot water to meet all |
| systems which heat water on demand. If the | | | | the needs of your household with a solar heater. |
| water from the solar unit is not hot enough, the | | | | Even all solar homes usually require a supplemental |
| system will heat the liquid to the desired | | | | power source and a backup heating system. If |
| temperature with electricity. The heating unit only | | | | you depend on the sun for your hot water, it is |
| comes on when the water is not hot enough. The | | | | wise to have a backup system to heat your |
| warmer the water entering the system, the less | | | | water. Unless, of course, you like cold showers. |